On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 12:06:58AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Sure, but a patent licence might not be needed because there are no > patents covering the software. If there are patents covering it, then > having no patent licence => non-free.
Unfortunately, it's not that simple -- the U.S. patent office has been issuing a large number of invalid patents. -- Raul
