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From: | Rjack |
Subject: | Re: TomTom, the GPL and patents |
Date: | Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:58:06 -0400 |
User-agent: | Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) |
Hyman Rosen wrote:
Rjack wrote:Never in his wildest dreams will a GPL licensor control software patents he *doesn't* own with a copyright grant that he does ownOf course not. A GPL licensor only controls software patents thathe *does* own. He grants free use of those patents required for the software that he distributes.Why do you think anyone is trying to control software patents that they don't own?
Try reading sec. 7 of the GPL sometime. Sincerely, Rjack :)
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