I was looking through patents authored by Lars Bak, when I realized a lot of them cover components of the the Sun JVM, HotSpot, etc. Now that parts Sun's stack is being released under FLOSS licenses, how does this affect people who are forking or using forks of this open source software? Are they not in violation of Sun's patents?
我正在查看Lars Bak撰写的专利,当时我意识到其中很多都涵盖了Sun JVM,HotSpot等的组件。现在,Sun的堆栈是在FLOSS许可下发布的,这对分叉或分叉的人有何影响?使用这个开源软件的分叉?它们是否违反了Sun的专利?
4 个解决方案
#1
No, because Sun grants a license to the patents too. I don't know the details, but I can tell you (as someone who has Sun patents and has gone through the open source process) that it's not easy to get through the legal hoops. But it can be done.
不,因为Sun也授予专利许可。我不知道细节,但我可以告诉你(作为拥有Sun专利并且已经通过开源程序的人),通过合法的环节并不容易。但这是可以完成的。
#2
Lars Bak told that (at least) the V8 Javascript VM can be used free of patent claims (personal communication after a talk of his at ETH Zurich in 2009).
Lars Bak告诉(至少)V8 Javascript VM可以免费使用专利声明(2009年在苏黎世联邦理工学院谈论他之后的个人通信)。
#3
As you can see with the lawsuit of Oracle against Google over the Dalvik-VM in Android, these patents can be used against alternative Java-implementations released as Open-Source.
正如您在Android上对Dalvik-VM通过甲骨文对谷歌的诉讼所看到的那样,这些专利可以用于替代作为开源发布的替代Java实现。
#4
Technically, you would be violating their patents, however Mr. Martin is right about the rest. Sun would/should grant a license for the respective patents to those using the open source software.
从技术上讲,你会侵犯他们的专利,但马丁先生对其他人是正确的。 Sun将/应该向使用开源软件的人授予相应专利许可。
Sun basically chooses not to enforce their patent rights in those cases.
Sun基本上选择不在这些情况下强制执行其专利权。
#1
No, because Sun grants a license to the patents too. I don't know the details, but I can tell you (as someone who has Sun patents and has gone through the open source process) that it's not easy to get through the legal hoops. But it can be done.
不,因为Sun也授予专利许可。我不知道细节,但我可以告诉你(作为拥有Sun专利并且已经通过开源程序的人),通过合法的环节并不容易。但这是可以完成的。
#2
Lars Bak told that (at least) the V8 Javascript VM can be used free of patent claims (personal communication after a talk of his at ETH Zurich in 2009).
Lars Bak告诉(至少)V8 Javascript VM可以免费使用专利声明(2009年在苏黎世联邦理工学院谈论他之后的个人通信)。
#3
As you can see with the lawsuit of Oracle against Google over the Dalvik-VM in Android, these patents can be used against alternative Java-implementations released as Open-Source.
正如您在Android上对Dalvik-VM通过甲骨文对谷歌的诉讼所看到的那样,这些专利可以用于替代作为开源发布的替代Java实现。
#4
Technically, you would be violating their patents, however Mr. Martin is right about the rest. Sun would/should grant a license for the respective patents to those using the open source software.
从技术上讲,你会侵犯他们的专利,但马丁先生对其他人是正确的。 Sun将/应该向使用开源软件的人授予相应专利许可。
Sun basically chooses not to enforce their patent rights in those cases.
Sun基本上选择不在这些情况下强制执行其专利权。