[cfe-dev] ARM contributing to libc++ & libc++abi

[Richard Smith]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 5:30 AM, Arnaud A. de Grandmaison <
arnaud.degrandmaison at arm.com> wrote:

> We (ARM) intend to contribute to libc++ and libc++abi.
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> However, in order to do that, we would first need to add a ‘NOTICE.TXT’
> file at the root of each of these projects which would contain:
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> ===================
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> Patent agreement notice to LLVM users in accordance with Paragraph 2 of
> LLVM
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> Developer Policy, Patents subsection:
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> Presently, ARM is unaware of any patents that would read on its LLVM
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> contributions. Nonetheless, to avoid doubt with respect to patent rights,
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> ARM hereby grants recipients of the software distributed by LLVM a
> perpetual,
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> worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable patent
> license
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> to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise
> transfer
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> software distributed by LLVM, where such license applies only to those
> patent
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> claims licensable by ARM that are necessarily infringed by ARM's
> contributions.
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> This patent license applies in addition to the University of Illinois/NCSA
> Open
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> Source License.
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> Please direct all inquiries regarding this agreement to:
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>   General Counsel, ARM Ltd.,110 Fulbourn Rd., Cambridge, CB1 9NJ, GB UK
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> ===================
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> This does not change any licensing terms; it essentially helps limit any
> patent claims on ARM that may arise from our contributions, just to those
> which may be explicitly infringed by ARM’s contributions.
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> Do you think this proposal is acceptable ?
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This does not seem like a question that cfe-dev is qualified to answer;
according to http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#patents the right
place to direct your email appears to be llvm-oversight at cs.uiuc.edu.
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