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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by xdennis on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:22PM (#39985696)
> Moreover, they said during the hearing that they'd offer permissive public licensing to their remaining patents should this rule be made effective.

It sounds incredibly naive to think this will happen. If they haven't done it so far why would they do it when the government mandates that you have to be their customer?

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by thereisnospork on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:32PM (#39985748)
Because any rule should trivially have 'permissive public licensing' as a requirement?
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