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Re: [microprofile-wg] Consensus thread on Implementation patent license vs Compatible patent license
+1 for Implementation Patent License

We have a compatibility program we're building to motivate compliance.

For the Compatible Patent License: If an implementor viewed the legal risk as a motivator for being compliant, it would be seen by those same eyes as a motivator to not implement a spec before it is final.  We want people implementing specs early, before they are final, as that leads to the highest quality final product with the most implementations.  Getting an implementors feedback after a spec is final creates more opportunities for after-the-fact insights and potential for backwards incompatible changes.

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On May 26, 2021, at 1:59 AM, John Clingan <jclingan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The MicroProfile Steering Committee needs to select its patent license. The ballot language requires verbiage that Steering Committee can vote on (+1,-1,0), and the two patent license verbiage options are outlined below. Here is a recent post by Mike Milinkovich on the patent license topic, and David wrote up an example. Neither claim to be lawyers :-)  The intellectual property policy is here (pdf).

While anyone can select their preferred patent license ballot option, only steering committee member selection will be counted towards the selected ballot language.  Once consensus is reached, the Steering Committee will conduct a ballot on the preferred option.

Please select the desired patent license:

Implementation Patent License
RESOLVED, the MicroProfile Steering Committee approves the use of the
Implementation Patent License as defined in the Eclipse Foundation Intellectual
Property Policy for all specifications under the purview of this Working Group.

or

Compatible Patent License
RESOLVED, the MicroProfile Steering Committee approves the use of the
Compatible Patent License as defined in the Eclipse Foundation Intellectual
Property Policy for all specifications under the purview of this Working Group.


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