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A '''Green Patent License''' is a parallel to a [[Green Documentation License]] and [[Green Software License]]. It was originally proposed as a way for [[Greens]] to hold patents on technologies they don't like, to suppress them, e.g. [[land mine]]s, [[nuclear]] technology, or [[genetically modified food]]. | A '''Green Patent License''' is a parallel to a [[Green Documentation License]] and [[Green Software License]]. It was originally proposed as a way for [[Greens]] to hold patents on technologies they don't like, to suppress them, e.g. [[land mine]]s, [[nuclear]] technology, or [[genetically modified food]]. | ||
This might be an aspect of the [[Consumerium License]] if there is a way to | This might be an aspect of the [[Consumerium License]] if there is a way to obligate [[required reintegration]] of [[improvement]]s that might be subject to [[patent]] into a [[friendly license]] with perhaps some agreements so they can't be used to suppress the [[Consumerium Services]]: | ||
To do so the Green [[Governance Organization]] ([[Green Parties]] or [[nonprofit]] [[Consortium]] holding the patents for them) would agree to make them, and possibly other patents, available for use for all [[Green purposes]] of the [[healthy signal infrastructure]], of which at least the [[healthy buying infrastructure]] must be [[royalty-free]] or [[self-funding]], i.e. Consumerium does not pay for access to things it itself created or channeled from a [[Consumerium Contributor]], and royalties paid equal royalties received. Doing this might also give Consumerium access to other patents, which would be highly desirable as it may prevent a [[bad copy problem]]. | To do so the Green [[Governance Organization]] ([[Green Parties]] or [[nonprofit]] [[Consortium]] holding the patents for them) would agree to make them, and possibly other patents, available for use for all [[Green purposes]] of the [[healthy signal infrastructure]], of which at least the [[healthy buying infrastructure]] must be [[royalty-free]] or [[self-funding]], i.e. Consumerium does not pay for access to things it itself created or channeled from a [[Consumerium Contributor]], and royalties paid equal royalties received. Doing this might also give Consumerium access to other patents, which would be highly desirable as it may prevent a [[bad copy problem]]. | ||