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Re:EA has made five of its accessibility patents free for an... by jcranmer on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @07:43PM (#28296429)
You sound like you'd be surprised to discover that similar patent retaliation clauses exist in popular open source licenses like Apache or MPL.
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Re:EA has made five of its accessibility patents free for an... by sedatk on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @08:02PM (#28296549)
Tesla released their patents for other car manufacturers with a similar clause too.
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