Open source must be able to deal with patent licenses if necessary
Open source must be able to deal with patent licenses if necessary
Posted Oct 24, 2010 15:54 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: Open source must be able to deal with patent licenses if necessary by FlorianMueller
Parent article: Open Standards in Europe: FSFE responds to BSA letter
But... the FSF cared about copyright, too, and had enough resources for quiet negotiation with companies to continue throughout the 90s, in preference to a court case, because they would rather have a not-violated GPL than some test case to make Florian happier. So your argument falls at once.
Posted Oct 24, 2010 15:55 UTC (Sun)
by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048)
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Open source must be able to deal with patent licenses if necessary
What's the point you were trying to make? That they may still be, four years later, in quiet negotiations with Novell?