Re: FSF : lackeys of their corporate masters

[Martin Dickopp]

Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:

> Martin Dickopp wrote:
>> The problem with free software and patents isn't that I as the author of
>> a free software package couldn't obtain a patent license.  The problem
>> is that the software is only free if *everybody* can use, modify, and
>> redistribute it.  Therefore, the patents in the pool would have to be
>> licensed so that everybody can use the patented "technology" for no
>> charge, in which case the pool would no longer be a leverage against
>> other patent holders.  
>
> Ever heard of "grantback" patent licensing provisions? 

Doesn't apply here, as detailed above.

Martin