Copyleft/guide Changeset - 59dda6ad9091

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Richard Fontana - 9 years ago 2015-02-02 14:52:39
fontana@sharpeleven.org

Uncommented material on implied patent licenses and GPLv3 sec. 11
definition of "patent license", with added sentence noting final
paragraph of sec. 11.

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 (such as an express permission to practice a patent or covenant not to
 sue for patent infringement)''
 % FIXME-LATER: I want to ask Fontana about this before adding it.
 % The definition does not include patent licenses that arise by
 % implication or operation of law, because the third through fifth paragraphs
 % of section 11 are specifically concerned with explicit promises that purport
 % to be legally enforceable.
 The definition does not include patent licenses that arise by
 implication or operation of law, because the third through fifth paragraphs
 of section 11 are specifically concerned with explicit promises that purport
 to be legally enforceable. The final paragraph of section 11 explicitly
 preserves the availability of patent licenses arising by implication or
 operation of law.
 GPLv3~\S11\P5 is commonly called GPLv3's downstream shielding provision.  It
 responds particularly to the problem of exclusive deals between patent

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