On 12/09/2010 09:25 AM, Neil Bartlett wrote:
Incorrect. IcedTea -- like the OpenJDK it derives from -- is licensed
under GPLv2, which does not have patent provisions.
The fact that GPLv2 does not have patent provisions is false. I see this
argument continuously repeated, but the point seems different:
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/GPLv2_and_patents
Clearly the point is controversial, but every time I see this argument
in a discussion I ask "so, Linux is GPLv2, does this mean that Linux can
be brought down by patents?" and nobody answers. Linux being brought
down by a patent would probably be the end of open source, for the huge
emotional impact it would have. So I assume it's an argument that people
shouldn't ignore, right?
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