Anders Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 10 November 2006 19:05, Juergen Weigert wrote: >> Novell does not distribute any patent infringing code. > > I think the operative word there is "infringing", meaning code that is > shipped > as GPL against the will of the patent owner. > > Code where the patent owner has granted a permanent license under the GPL is > obviously not counted
Like IBM granted a permanent license for certain patents for programs using GPLed code like RCU (used in the kernel) and register allocation (used in GCC), Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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