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Re: The GPL and Patents: ROFL
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: The GPL and Patents: ROFL |
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Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:00:28 -0000 |
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In gnu.misc.discuss Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote:
> "New copyrights" would mean extra restrictions.
Are you sure you don't mean extra protections? ;-)
> The GPL is a license, not a contract. You don't "agree" to the
> GPL, you "accept" the terms of the GPL when you copy and distribute
> GPL-covered code whose rights you do not own. As part of "accepting"
> the GPL, you "agree", i.e., promise, not to claim your patent rights
> if they are embodied in the GPL-covered software you are copying and
> distributing when it is further used, copied, or distributed under
> the terms of the GPL.
Indeed so. It's amazing how often the plain truth needs to be restated
here.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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