On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 20:54 -0400, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > Why is it necessary to hold the copyright? You'd only need license > from > the patent holders for encumbered algorithms. The source you compile > and distribute in binary form, as long as it allows the distribution > of > binaries, as long as it's a free (libre) license, can't stop you, as > long as you publish any modifications to the source that were involved > in producing those binaries.
No. Re-read the GPLv3 licence. There is something about patent exactly for that purpose. Re-read especially paragraph 11. The other option is if the sole copyright owner of the code would agree to redistribute under a license that is not the GPLv3 and attach to this redistribution (likely binary) a license for the patents. But this would no longer be Free Software. Hub _______________________________________________ Gnash-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnash-dev
