Francois PELLEGRINI -- Re: Royalty-Free Patent Policy (W3C)

Date: 2003/03/24 14:02
From: Francois PELLEGRINI <pelegrin@labri.u-bordeaux.fr>
To: discuss@ggpl.org


Hello all,

Just another thing: the FSF is against
the current proposed policy of W3C, because
the ability to use the patents royalty-free
is limited to some uses, while the GPL
explicitely states that the covered software
could be used for *any* purpose.

The final word of the tale is then:
- if GPL once, GPL forever
- if patents once, patents forever
- if patents once, GPL never




                        f.p.




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