Common Public License (IBM) Patent License Clause 2(b)

[Carter Bullard]

Hey Dan,
I'm actually interested in OSI certification, and the IBM
License has been OSI certified.  So are you indicating that
if 2(b) were removed, that the IBM License would have a
better chance at GPL compatibility?

Carter

Carter Bullard
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ravicher, Daniel B. [mailto:DRavicher at brobeck.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 5:57 PM
> To: Carter Bullard; license-discuss at opensource.org
> Subject: RE: Common Public License (IBM) Patent License Clause 2(b)
> 
> 
> FSF's opinion, stated at 
> http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/license-list.html is:
> 
> "IBM Public License, Version 1.0
>  
> This is a free software license but it is incompatible with the GPL. 
> 
> The IBM Public License is incompatible with the GPL because 
> it has various
> specific requirements that are not in the GPL. 
> 
> For example, it requires certain patent licenses be given 
> that the GPL does
> not require. (We don't think those patent license requirements are
> inherently a bad idea, but nonetheless they are incompatible 
> with the GNU
> GPL.)"
> 
> Dan Ravicher
> Brobeck
> 1633 Broadway, 47th Fl.
> NY, NY 10019
> p. 212.315.8032
> f. 212.586.7878
> e. dravicher at brobeck.com
> w. www.brobeck.com
> 
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