diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 194654114600b698fd27c7552104413e21bc1cc7..9d7e963d2a4a332b05fcde4a2fa9d74da35b0205 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -3705,13 +3705,19 @@ classes of patent commitments. Specifically, the ideal might have been for GPLv3 to feature a patent license grant triggered by all acts of distribution of GPLv3-covered works. The FSF considered it during the GPLv3 drafting process, but many patent-holding -companies objected to this policy. They have made two objections: (1) the +companies objected to this policy. They have made two objections: + +\begin{enumerate} + \item the far-reaching impact of the patent license grant on the patent holder is disproportionate to the act of merely distributing code without modification -or transformation, and (2) it is unreasonable to expect an owner of vast +or transformation, and + + \item it is unreasonable to expect an owner of vast patent assets to exercise requisite diligence in reviewing all the GPL-covered software that it provides to others. Some expressed particular concern about the consequences of ``inadvertent'' distribution. +\end{enumerate} The argument that the impact of the patent license grant would be ``disproportionate'', that is to say unfair, is not valid. Since