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Software Licensing Experiences

Software Licensing Experiences. Russell M. Taylor II Research Professor Computer Science Physics & Astronomy Curriculum on Applied Sciences & Engineering. Don’t Do This!. “Virtual-reality User Interface For Controlling Specimen Modification With Scanning Probe Microscopes” Published 1992

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Software Licensing Experiences

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  1. Software Licensing Experiences Russell M. Taylor II Research Professor Computer Science Physics & Astronomy Curriculum on Applied Sciences & Engineering UNC-CH OTD Software Seminar Russ Taylor

  2. Don’t Do This! “Virtual-reality User Interface For Controlling Specimen Modification With Scanning Probe Microscopes” • Published 1992 • Disclosed January 7, 1994 • Game Over! UNC-CH OTD Software Seminar Russ Taylor

  3. But if you Do… • Nick England/3rdTech still licensed • Took a long time – ask him for the model • Improvements go both directions • www.nanomanipulator.com UNC-CH OTD Software Seminar Russ Taylor

  4. OTD Has Limited Resources “Manual or Algorithmic Control of a Scanned Probe Microscope Tip in Three Dimensions” • Relied on inventors to locate funding for patent • Still in limbo UNC-CH OTD Software Seminar Russ Taylor

  5. OTD Didn’t Waste My Time “Thank-you ware” • No market for technique to register use of free software • Case closed (mothballed) immediately UNC-CH OTD Software Seminar Russ Taylor

  6. OTD: Once was Blazing Fast “A Method for Rendering Non-Polygonal Surfaces on Programmable Graphics Hardware” • Disclosure received Feb 2, 2004 • Provisional Patent filed Feb 20, 2004 • Don’t count on this … UNC-CH OTD Software Seminar Russ Taylor

  7. OTD: Can go the Distance “Better than surgical camera (BTSC): a method for display of normally-occluded surfaces of interest in medical images” • Interest from Radiology, CS, Siemens • Provisional patent applied for • International patent applied for • Licensed to Siemens • Took almost 6 months of badgering for payment UNC-CH OTD Software Seminar Russ Taylor

  8. Other Models • nM: Commercialization is what worked • VRPN: Public-domain was needed • CISMM: NIH-funded free/open source • ImageSurfer • Video Spot Tracker • Fluorescence Simulator • Video Optimizer • … UNC-CH OTD Software Seminar Russ Taylor

  9. Licenses • Binary-only: Standard software model • GNU General Public Licenses (GPL) • Lesser/Library • General Public License: Using other libraries with this licenses in your code has serious consequences • Berkeley (BSD) • Public Domain UNC-CH OTD Software Seminar Russ Taylor

  10. Summary • Disclose (well) before publishing if you want to pursue commercially • Disclose derivative works as well as new works before pursuing commercially • Let OTD know the time constraints • Discuss all known or suspected industrial interest • Talk to Nick England about setting up licenses for non-patented IP with feedback from development. UNC-CH OTD Software Seminar Russ Taylor

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