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by jaredklewis 2864 days ago
Nope. Nothing in the patent clause made any restrictions on your right to sue Facebook.

It simply made the patent grant conditional on not suing them for patent infringement. i.e. if you want Facebook to pay royalties on your patent, you would have to pay royalties on their patents. If that’s not reciprocal, what the hell is?

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Let's try again:

- If you, as the licensee, sue Facebook on /any/ of their patents (not just on the ones that are subject to the patent grant), the license terminates immediately. - On the other hand, if Facebook, as the licensor, is only promising not to sue based on the /specific/ granted patents.

The "any" vs "specific" part is what people where annoyed about.