Interesting. I happen to own a patent that I would be interested in licensing to Google, but I'm not willing to sell it outright, since in that case I wouldn't be able to use my own technology that I invented.

I wonder if there will be other options besides handing over all rights in exchange for some amount of money? For instance, I might be okay with selling my rights if, as a condition of the sale, Google is required to allow the patented technology to be used in any open-source application.