From caac295d6c3675879ed3cc1e8e81e93ad8581ca0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jayant Kolhe Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:11:41 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Create PATENTS Adding Patent Grant File --- PATENTS | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 PATENTS diff --git a/PATENTS b/PATENTS new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..619f9dbfe63 --- /dev/null +++ b/PATENTS @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Additional IP Rights Grant (Patents) + +"This implementation" means the copyrightable works distributed by +Google as part of the GRPC project. + +Google hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, +no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) +patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, +transfer and otherwise run, modify and propagate the contents of this +implementation of GRPC, where such license applies only to those patent +claims, both currently owned or controlled by Google and acquired in +the future, licensable by Google that are necessarily infringed by this +implementation of GRPC. This grant does not include claims that would be +infringed only as a consequence of further modification of this +implementation. If you or your agent or exclusive licensee institute or +order or agree to the institution of patent litigation against any +entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging +that this implementation of GRPC or any code incorporated within this +implementation of GRPC constitutes direct or contributory patent +infringement, or inducement of patent infringement, then any patent +rights granted to you under this License for this implementation of GRPC +shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.