Re: FSF : lackeys of their corporate masters

[Alexander Terekhov]

Martin Dickopp wrote:
> 
> 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.

You've never heard of it. 

regards,
alexander.