Patent grant -- Am I reading it right?

Patent grant -- Am I reading it right?

Posted Jan 16, 2006 20:49 UTC (Mon) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: Patent grant -- Am I reading it right? by Ross
Parent article: GPLv3: a first look

I believe that you are reading it wrong. Reading it as you do would allow anyone to gain access to any patent, if the patent holder ever distributed any GPLv3 work: just modify that work to add an implementation of the patent. Only the work as it was when distributed is covered.

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