會員之間會有 working group 會議討論哪些 IP 是交互授權的? 正面表列的話, 只有兩種 IP 會落入交互授權:
The only point of licensing is the instant of ratification by the Khronos Board, and ONLY essential IP in the final spec is reciprocally licensed, meaning that discussions and contributions not included in the final specification bring no licensing obligation;
Khronos Members do not have to disclose any IP that will be included under the standard reciprocal license – so no patents are ever discussed in open Khronos meetings so that Members are not put on notice of specific patents.
紅色字體是我高亮點, 雖然只看這幾個字會是斷章取義, 但基本上參加的百來個會員也不是傻的, 不相關, 不重要的 IP 不會納進來. 而且會員可以正面表列那些 IP 不列入交互授權之中. 官方說法, 這種事不常發生.
… this mechanism has only been invoked a handful of times in the fifteen year history of Khronos Group.
然而, 只有在這個會員 [2] 裡面, 非正面排除, 又被正面表列的 IP 才能交互授權. 免於互相收錢或是互告. 但是對於非會員就沒有約束力了.