Should we make it easier for licensees to tell whether products or services would compete under Noncompete?

[kemitchell]

Noncompete's rule turns on whether a licensee's product or service competes with a licensor product or service. Should the terms tweak that rule, or add other terms, with the goal of making it easier for licensees to tell what licensors have offered, so they can tell whether their own uses will compete?

@heathermeeker floated some language using the concept of "general availability" and public marketing in private correspondence. I'm a little hesitant to incorporate what might turn out to be fleeting business jargon, like "GA". But I'm thinking more and more than some qualification to publicly marketed or offered products and services might represent a practical improvement.

[heathermeeker]

The objection you will get if you don’t refer to GA or equivalent is that using the product internally is prohibited, though I think it is mostly a fabricated issue and am only passing along comments we got on similar licenses last year.

[lindenksv]

For what it's worth, "GA" is very widely used and well understood.