Is GUSPlus patented or owned by any for-profit company?
The patents issued in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, and patent applications still pending in multiple countries, are owned by CAMBIA, which is a non-profit registered in Australia and a non-government organisation registered with the Food and Agriculture Organization. CAMBIA does not receive any profit from selling, using, or out-licensing GUSPlus. However, the technology has been patented at CAMBIA’s expense in order to manage the rights to practice the technology in accordance with the principles of “open source”. Any entity may obtain a license to use the technology only by agreeing to grant back improvements to all other licensees. The same license allows the use of CAMBIA’s Transbacter technology (see Transbacter project on this website).
