Suggested addition to the open-source definition
Zak Greant
zak at greant.com
Mon Apr 24 14:59:38 UTC 2006
David A Temeles wrote:
> ... The most problematic aspect of the draft
> GPL v 3 is its glaring attempt to coerce down-stream licensors
> (sub-licensors) to license their entire patent portfolios, even if
> those
> patents have nothing to do with the modified version of the software
> licensed by those sub-licensors. I do not intend to debate the GPL
> 3.0 here
> as I do not know if this is the appropriate forum. However, my
> point is
> that opinions in the open source community vary widely on patent
> issues.
The appropriate forum to comment on the GPL v3 draft is
http://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/
Please review existing comments before adding your own.
Cheers!
--zak
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