On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:55:07 +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > Kurt Häusler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Now I wrote most of the code, and placed the copyright under >> ownership of the FSF. > > How so? By leaving their name in the text of the gpl license file rather than say overwriting it with either my name or my employer's name. Which is standard practice right? >> 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. Oh now everything makes sense. Can't really see how any downstream additions of patent encumbered source would have much effect (on me at least) anyway. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
