Will GPLv2 or 3 give protection against such claims..Well,I don't
know.I will wait for things to unfold and get the Clear picture..

Regards,
jd


On 8/20/10, jitesh dundas <[email protected]> wrote:
> My point was directed to
>  people asserting that, asking why they don't bring their point to the
>  consequences that even Linux should be at risk (which sounds absurd to
>  me).
>
>
> -----
>
> I think that the implementation of Linux OS,rather the versions of OS
> might get affected. Linux should and would always be open-source &
> free from the headaches.
>
> The problems would be when one of such implementations gets too useful
> and some corporates later on think of making money out of
> this..Yuck,that will suck..
>
> Regards,
> jd
>
>
>
> On 8/20/10, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> Fabrizio,
>>>
>>> IANAL, but I believe you are misunderstanding the rights that the
>>> GPL (version 2 or 3) provides on patents.
>>
>> I think I understand more or less correctly the rights that GPL
>> provides on patents: in fact I agree with your post. I'm only saying
>> that there is a number of posts and comments around that says that
>> GPLv2 doesn't protect enough from patents. My point was directed to
>> people asserting that, asking why they don't bring their point to the
>> consequences that even Linux should be at risk (which sounds absurd to
>> me).
>>
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