Re: [jira] [Closed] (LEGAL-485) Scope of Grant of Patent License in Apache2 License

[Fantri Fitriani <fa...@gmail.com>]

Pada tanggal Sen, 2 Des 2019 01.04, Henri Yandell (Jira) <ji...@apache.org>
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> Henri Yandell closed LEGAL-485.
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>     Resolution: Fixed
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> Closing. Please reopen/recontact if Qualcomm require further conversation.
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> > Scope of Grant of Patent License in Apache2 License
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> >                 Key: LEGAL-485
> >                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-485
> >             Project: Legal Discuss
> >          Issue Type: Question
> >            Reporter: Tianqi Chen
> >            Priority: Major
> >
> > I am writing to followup about the licensing situation in Apache
> TVM(incubating) community. There was an original discussion in
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-466 and this is a follow up
> thread.
> > Background, Qualcomm wants to contribute to the TVM repo. However,
> because TVM repo's subfolder vta contains software declarations about open
> source accelerator design, this could leads to their worry about possible
> hardware IP patent leak, and would like to have some clarifications about
> the scope of the patent grant.
> > Specifically, Apache license defines the scope to be the combination of
> "the work"(which includes vta) and the user's contribution. They worry that
> whether the patent grant was too broad that would leak hardware patent that
> was not part of their contribution.
> > According to the patent scope FAQ, I have clarified to them that if the
> combination of the code they contribute to the repo, combined with the VTA
> folder contains a HW patent A, then in the most careful view, they will be
> granting the HW patents.
> > However, They afraid that that the "Grant of Patent" would be too broad
> to even leak through patents that was not part of their contribution.
> > In particular, they would like to clarify "whether they will leak HW
> patent that does not read on the combination of their contribution and the
> work (this case include VTA)".
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