cement of
software patents.  If your organization collects software patents,
then make it clear, in a public and irrevocable way, that the patents
would never be enforced on open source projects, and that they are
only to be used as a defense in case some other party initiates an
infringement suit against your organization.  This is not only the
right thing to do, it's also good open source public relations.<sup>[<a id="idp8895104" href="#ftn.idp8895104" class="footnote">36</a>]</sup></p><p>Unfortunately, c