Stephen Gran on 10 Nov 2007 01:35:25 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] OT? Chumby 

On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 05:51:11PM -0500, Matthew Rosewarne said:
> The way the GPL handles patents is that it grants (explicitly) a patent 
> license to anyone who uses the product or distributes it under the GPL. 

I'm not sure if that's true.  GPLv3 does make some mention of patents,
but in a fairly muddy and confused way.  GPLv2 made no mention of
patents at all.  While I don't generally follow patent filing in any
way, it wouldn't surprise me to see GPL code that is patent encumbered,
since the two are not mutually exclusive.
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