[jordigh]

> Also don't forget the patent stuff in GPLv3. That's not quite as scary as the anti-TiVoization stuff, but it's still pretty significant for large companies.

The Apache license has a nearly identical clause (in fact, I believe GPLv3 was inspired from the Apache license) and companies like Google and Apple have used the Apache license without destroying their business. Anti-retaliation clauses don't seem to be a death knell.

http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Patent_clauses_in_software_licences...

[eridius]

GPLv3's patent clause is effectively identical to Apache License, Version 2.0? I wasn't aware of that. I haven't done much research on the patent angle, I only brought it up because I actually talked to one of Apple's lawyers at one point about GPLv3 and they brought up the patent stuff as an issue.