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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by dessimus on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @10:46AM (#39980022)
How about SawStop open their patent up first? They've already sued to prevent other tool manufacturers from making their own solutions to the problem, because they want theirs to be licensed. So even though they claim they will open their patent once the feature is enforced, what have they done in good faith to make us believe they won't move the goalposts to opening it, once they have captured the market?
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by haneefmubarak on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @11:21AM (#39980410)
Presumably there's a reasonable compromise whereby they provide a public license only valid in areas where such safety mechanisms are legally mandated.
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by smolder on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @02:17PM (#39982386)
Its extremely unlikely they would offer to open up the patent and then say "haha, fooled you!" once the law takes effect. It would do them more harm than good in the long run to lie to lawmakers & everyone else.
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by gentleman11 on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:23PM (#39984972)
But what if they said “unexpected complications arose” and “the release “got delayed due to a legal situation”?

Easy.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by smolder on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @12:30AM (#39986971)
'What if'?. What makes you think this is even a possibility?
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by Atotalnoob on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:55PM (#39985232)
They would be forced to license it under FRAND
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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by dessimus on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @11:20PM (#39986651)
SawStop was never against licensing the technology, and from what I'm reading about FRAND, it doesn't force the patent holder to open their patents, only to negotiate in a good faith manner that does not discriminate between licensees, meaning they cannot license the tech to DeWalt for $10/saw and try to make Bosch or Ryobi pay $100 per saw. It doesn't say they are forced to give away their IP for free.
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