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According to http://en.swpat.org/wiki/GPLv2_and_patents http://en.swpat.org/wiki/GPLv2_and_patents , GPLv2 includes an implicit patent grant So my guess would
by progval 7y ago
According to http://en.swpat.org/wiki/GPLv2_and_patents http://en.swpat.org/wiki/GPLv2_and_patents , GPLv2 includes an implicit patent grant
So my guess would be that the definition of "derivative work" would apply.
- bubblethink 7y agoSo the code in the linux kernel would have to be signed off/committed by MS in that case, right ? For a grant to have any meaning, the code would need to come from them ?
- monocasa 7y agoThat's super duper grey area, which is why GPLv3 went out of it's way to have an explicit patent grant.