Re: FSF : lackeys of their corporate masters

[Martin Dickopp]

Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:

> 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. 

You haven't understood what I've written.

Martin