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How does that play with the fact these changes seem to be checked into the GPL'd code? Wouldn't GPL itself give you a separate license to use the features rega
by zmmmmm 15y ago
How does that play with the fact these changes seem to be checked into the GPL'd code? Wouldn't GPL itself give you a separate license to use the features regardless of whatever EULA Oracle comes up with?
- tomp 15y agoNot if they are patented (and you reside in a country where software patents are valid).
- zmmmmm 15y agoI know there is a lot of debate about it, but as far as I understand it GPL is still regarded as including an implied patent grant. Fwiw: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/GPLv2_and_patents http://en.swpat.org/wiki/GPLv2_and_patents
- marshray 15y agoLast I checked, the GPL didn't seem to grant the right to actually use anything.