# HG changeset patch # User Robert McIntyre # Date 1364832313 0 # Node ID 63a9cd3edcc0f81718f7b96b83d6c80fe038139e # Parent d5b95ca78266c05adcb7340d499abcd777f35fe5 review. diff -r d5b95ca78266 -r 63a9cd3edcc0 org/patents.org --- a/org/patents.org Mon Apr 01 15:59:57 2013 +0000 +++ b/org/patents.org Mon Apr 01 16:05:13 2013 +0000 @@ -93,7 +93,15 @@ patent trolls. ** Patents are arranged in a dependency network - + Just because you have a patent on your invention doesn't mean you + can actually distribute that invention. Normally, your invention + will be affected by other patents, which themselves are affected by + other patents. You can only distribute your invention if you + negoitate with the owners of all these dependent patents. + + An example: If I own the patent for table tops and you own the + patent for table legs, and you and I don't get along too well, then + the world will be without tables for 17 years. * Google has created "neutral" patents via a pledge which attaches conditions to its patents. Google has a pledge at @@ -165,5 +173,3 @@ The only way for a company to become a special exception would be for them to contribute monetairly to this hypothetical company. - -