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I'd put it other way round: If software is infringing on someone's patents then it is illegal to license it under GPL3.
by indeyets 13y ago
I'd put it other way round: If software is infringing on someone's patents then it is illegal to license it under GPL3.
- scott_w 13y agoThe above poster was specifically referring to IBM's patents. IBM licensing this code under the GPL also extends a patent license for all of their own patents. This comes from the word "contributors" in section 11. They obviously can't grant a patent license for patents they don't hold, but that's life.