[License-review] Approval: BSD + Patent License

[Lawrence Rosen]

Mark Wielaard wrote on this license-review@ list:

> Patent retaliation clauses are not GPLv2 compatible. 

 

Says who? Legal basis for that conclusion? 

 

> That doesn't mean they are not a good idea, they are.

 

They sure are! They are now in most FOSS licenses in one form or another.

 

> And that is why GPLv3 does contain one.

 

Great, but now GPLv3 is apparently not compatible with GPLv2. :-)  That's
unfortunate. 

 

I frequently joke when I do something illegal as a driver that there is a
"Larry Exception" in the California Vehicle Code. It is much like the GPL
exceptions regarding license compatibility. They are the imaginary
constructs of the FSF.

 

/Larry

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