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Patent threats?!Patent threats?!Posted Jul 20, 2009 23:17 UTC (Mon) by SEMW (guest, #52697)In reply to: Patent threats?! by davi Parent article: Microsoft contributes Hyper-V drivers to the kernel
> There is no implied patent license in GPLv2. Claiming the GPLv2 has a patent license is wishful thinking.
Not only does the FSF disagree with you, as rahulsundaram points out above, but so did an independent legal firm (Fenwick & West LLP), who concluded that: "...it is reasonable to conclude that the implied license defense is available and tenable for a defendant in a patent suit involving software released under the GPL [v2.0]".
Source: www.fenwick.com/docstore/Publications/IP/potential_defenses.pdf
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