GPL-like patent license

[Florian Weimer]

Paul Syverson <syverson at itd.nrl.navy.mil> writes:

> NRL hereby grants a fully paid up, nonexclusive, royalty free license
> to practice the patent 6,266,704 if and only if
> such practice is the development or use of computer software such that
>
> 1. Source code for all programs developed under this license must be
>    publicly available, and public notice provided of means to obtain
>    said source code.

Does developing software (you could call this "research") really
require a patent license?

You do not grant a license for running GPLed software infringing the
patent.  Is this your intent?

> 4. Source code for all programs used under this license must be
>    publicly available, and public notice provided of means to obtain
>    said source code.

This restriction is not compatible with the GPL.  The GPL does not
mandate public dissemination of source code, and any such mandate
would be far too intrusive.
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