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The General Public Patent License (draft 0.1)
A patent license to protect software innovation

Non Exclusive Licensing License Contract

between said PATENTEE:

add here full identification of patentee

and said LICENSEE:

add here full identification of licensee

Principles

The purpose of the General Public Patent Licence (GPPL) is to provide juridical safety to software users and protect the freedom to innovate of software developers. The GPPL license covers both Free Software and Proprietary Software.

By providing their software patents under the GPPL, patentees can keep full property on their innovations yet provide fair licensing conditions to software creators.

By licensing patents, software publishers can safely access innovative technologies and reduce patent litigation risks with patentees.

Covered Patents

The following patents:

INSERT HERE PATENTS IDENTIFICATION

hereby called PATENTS are covered by this license.

Rights Granted by the PATENTEE to the LICENSEE

A non exclusive right is granted by the PATENTEE to the LICENSEE to implement or commercialise the PATENTS in software products.

A non exclusive right is granted by the PATENTEE to the LICENSEE to license the PATENTS under the terms of the GPPL to third parties.

A non exclusive right is granted by the PATENTEE to the LICENSEE to implement or commercialise the PATENTS in any patented product, system or process which patents are all licensed under terms which grant the licensee at least as much freedom as the GPPL.

Duration

The license is valid for 25 years.

Termination

The license terminates in the event the LICENSEE, one of its parent organisations or one its subsidiraries engages a patent infringement dispute against any organisation which holds a valid license of the PATENTS.

Signature

PATENTEE

LICENSEE


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