SFLC: A Wake-Up Call for GPLv3 Migration

Posted Apr 20, 2009 19:28 UTC (Mon) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
In reply to: SFLC: A Wake-Up Call for GPLv3 Migration by mmarq
Parent article: SFLC: A Wake-Up Call for GPLv3 Migration

easy.. if you have a patent and your code is in a GPLv3 repo you are already giving a patent license to anyone that might use that repo...

This is true if the *owner* of the patent places the code in that GPLv3 repo. Unlikely to happen if said owner is even toying with the idea of trolling with it, to say the very least.

If I (coder on foot, not the patent owner nor a licensee allowed to do so) place the code in a GPLv3 repo I'd be in very hot water indeed...