Ep.11 "address patent rights" meaning clarification

[masamiy]

Meaning of addressing patent rights is not clear

Hello,
The statement I want to raise my feedback is part of Licensing (https://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/11-licensing/index.html)

We are working on localising the lesson and a statement and I found 'Whether you want to address patent rights.' was a little ambiguous statement and it was a little challenge to translate. Does it mean you want to enforce patent rights or want to apply patent right? Is it possible to clarify a little?

Thank you and Kind Regards,
Masami

[kekoziar]

@masamiy, the language is purposefully vague since some licenses may include a patent use clause, which often will address both scenarios you listed, plus maybe more. It's a consideration that the author of the code needs to take into account which boils down to "Do I need to worry about patents at all with this code?" If a researchers responded that they needed more information about patents, I would direct them to the choosealicense.com resource, and recommend speaking with either a lawyer or the appropriate campus office. Going into details of patent rights is out of scope of this lesson. Let me know if this makes sense.

[kekoziar]

@masamiy feel free to add more comments if you want clarification, but I'm going to close this as the discussion seems over.