Kurt Häusler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:30:13 +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Sure. What about "or any later version" did you not understand? >> However, that does not make the original copyright holder >> responsible for redistribution under the GPL 3, so it is you, the >> relicensor, that have to provide the patent protection if you can. >> Which you likely can't. > > Now I wrote most of the code, and placed the copyright under > ownership of the FSF.
How so? > But aren't the issues of copyright and patent somewhat separate? Sure. > What does "patent protection" consist of in this case? I understand > that patent owners have to actively defend their patents against > unlicensed use by threatening lawsuits, but what can I do as a coder > / distributor do to protect others from said lawsuits beyond > releasing the source under the terms of the gplv3? Releasing under GPLv3 protects from lawsuits by _downstream_ distributors. It can't magically apply itself to upstream. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
