経営法務 / 平成24年度(2012) 試験
問14
Ａ社が新製品の開発に利用する予定のオープンソースソフトウェアのライセンス規定として、下記の条項があった。この規定に表題を付記し、内容を説明するとした場合、最も適切なものを下記の解答群から選べ。
Your receive the Program with a covenant from each author and conveyor of theProgramu, and of any material, conveyed under this Licence, on which the Programis based, that the covenanting party will not assert(or cause others to assert) anyof the party's essential patent claims in the material that the party conveyed,against you, arising from your exercise of rights under this License. If you convey acovered work, you similarly covenant to all recipients, including recipients of worksbased on the covered work, not to assert any of your essencial patent claims in thecovered work.
＊語句の説明
covenant：約款
convey：伝達する
patent claim：特許請求の範囲、特許クレーム
recipient：受領者