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by AstralStorm
2676 days ago
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GPL did not handle any patents until version 3. As for version 3, it has a patent grant clause. Even distributing BSD licensed code by a licensee exhausts patents embodied in it. (As an interesting case, this might mean patents related to code published as ISO examples voids MP3 patents on specific algorithms used in that code. The question then is if the standard body is a licensee.) |
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ORLY? So if you open up the text of the GPLv2 and Ctrl+F for "patent" and all those hits show up—especially in and around section 7—that's what, then?
The _GPLv2 doesn't address patents, but GPLv3 does_ mantra is a too-common lie. GPLv2 does address patents, explicitly.