I hope they will license the patents freely to all open source projects, or something like that, to demonstrate the unevilness.
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Indeed. They could consider doing something similar to Red Hat:
Let's rephrase that: their unevilness will be demonstrated by their licensing of the patents freely to all open source projects.
Or not.
There would be some irony in that since it would allow Oracle to use them to defend against any counter strike Google makes in the Java / Android patent suit.
Note that such "free licensing" for patents generally includes the stipulation that you waive your license if you engage in any patent suit against the patent-holding company - for example, the Red Hat promise includes the words:
"Our Promise does not extend to any party who institutes patent litigation against Red Hat..."
The whole point is to free up your patent collection so anyone can use it, without devaluing it as ammunition to defend yourself from other patent claims.