On 7/31/05, Dalibor Topic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > robert burrell donkin <robertburrelldonkin <at> gmail.com> writes: > > On 7/30/05, Dalibor Topic <robilad <at> kaffe.org> wrote:
<snip> > > IMHO the free software foundation's theory of implicit patent grants > > being embedded in the GPL is quite novel. > > For a humanely readable description of how it works (by a patent > attorney), see > http://www.iusmentis.com/computerprograms/opensourcesoftware/patentrisks/ (not sure i agree with some of that article but then again, that's probably to be expected...) IMHO the fundamental question is whether being able to use the software (as opposed to copying) is actually a right guaranteed by the GPL. i can't see that spelt out explicitly anywhere in the GPL (but it is possible that i missed it). having the right to use software (or any other invention) is something that is the provinance of patent licenses, not copyright. GPL asserts that it is a copyright license which may imply it does not intend to grant any patent rights. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
