a public LICENSE that makes software free for noncommercial and small-business use, with a guarantee that fair commercial terms will be available for everyone else
This PR tries to make the purpose of the reuse of the "FRAND" concept more explicit, by making clear that the licensor can't exploit a user's adoption of their software when they were covered for free use.
Standards lure would-be implementers into practicing essential patents. Big Time could lures small-business users into adopting software for free before the eventually grow larger and need to buy licenses.
This PR tries to make the purpose of the reuse of the "FRAND" concept more explicit, by making clear that the licensor can't exploit a user's adoption of their software when they were covered for free use.
Standards lure would-be implementers into practicing essential patents. Big Time could lures small-business users into adopting software for free before the eventually grow larger and need to buy licenses.