Red Hat Makes History With Patent Settlement (Groklaw)

[Posted June 12, 2008 by cook]

Groklaw discusses Red Hat's patent settlement with an eye toward compliance with the GPLv3 license. "You've probably been wondering why I've been quiet, when there is news about a patent settlement between Red Hat and Firestar and DataTern in the JBoss litigation. It's because I wanted to be positive I was correct that this is the first known settlement involving patents that is harmonious with GPLv3. It is. It's also harmonious with GPLv2, of course, but this is history in the making, friends. They settled a lawsuit brought against them in a way that licenses patents without violating the GPL."

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