From: tridge@samba.org
To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:53:55 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17692.57123.749163.204216@samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1159515086.3880.79.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com>
James,
> > If the "entire patent portfolio" consists of a small group of patents
> > which specifically deal with what the code has been posted by the
> > company deals with, then sure.
>
> So we agree that the statement is true for a company that has only a
> software patent portfolio.
No, we don't :)
The company can consist of only a patent portfolio, but additionally
all of those patents (ie. the "entire patent portfolio") would need to
be implemented by the program being distributed them.
That caveat is important, and changes it from a misleading statement
to a true statement. It also is a statement which is true for the
GPLv2, which makes it not such a useful statement to make when
considering the relative merits of the two licenses.
I'd also like to note that I don't have much sympathy for companies
that consist of only a patent portfolio. They are pretty much scum in
my view. If they don't make any products at all and live on only
patent revenue then the world would be better off without them :-)
Cheers, Tridge
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-29 8:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 186+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-29 3:01 GPLv3 Position Statement James Bottomley
2006-09-29 4:40 ` Neil Brown
2006-09-29 6:56 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 7:48 ` tridge
2006-09-29 9:37 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-29 10:08 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-29 12:59 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-29 14:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-30 15:32 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2006-09-30 16:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-30 22:16 ` tridge
2006-09-29 11:59 ` Sanjoy Mahajan
2006-09-29 14:54 ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-09-29 21:46 ` tridge
[not found] ` <20060929180323.d2c0d2ee.seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
2006-09-29 22:03 ` Sean
2006-09-29 22:20 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-29 5:51 ` tridge
2006-09-29 7:31 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 12:08 ` Sanjoy Mahajan
2006-09-29 20:50 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 7:31 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 8:09 ` tridge
2006-09-29 20:28 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 8:53 ` tridge [this message]
2006-09-29 9:37 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-29 9:52 ` tridge
2006-09-30 0:56 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 19:50 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-30 7:05 ` tridge
2006-09-30 15:06 ` James Bottomley
2006-10-01 6:28 ` tridge
2006-10-01 15:45 ` James Bottomley
2006-10-01 16:48 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-09-30 21:11 ` David Lang
2006-09-30 22:29 ` Michiel de Boer
2006-10-01 6:52 ` tridge
2006-09-29 7:32 ` David Woodhouse
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-09-27 9:43 Nicolas Mailhot
2006-09-27 17:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-27 20:34 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2006-09-27 20:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-27 21:01 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2006-09-27 23:01 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-27 23:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-27 23:07 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-28 7:36 ` Andi Kleen
2006-09-25 10:02 tridge
2006-09-22 16:15 James Bottomley
2006-09-22 16:16 ` James Bottomley
[not found] ` <200609221359.39519.gene.heskett@verizon.net>
2006-09-22 18:08 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-22 18:30 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-22 18:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-22 18:52 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-22 19:05 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-22 18:54 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-25 6:33 ` Marc Perkel
2006-09-22 20:42 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-23 11:38 ` Florian Weimer
2006-09-25 8:53 ` Michiel de Boer
2006-09-25 9:06 ` Russell King
2006-09-25 10:51 ` Neil Brown
2006-09-25 11:31 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-25 16:10 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-29 10:15 ` Helge Hafting
2006-09-29 11:07 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-29 14:02 ` Stephen Clark
2006-09-29 16:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 17:47 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-29 17:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 18:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 18:26 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-29 18:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 18:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 19:59 ` alan
2006-09-29 20:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 20:21 ` alan
2006-09-29 20:32 ` alan
2006-09-29 23:12 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-29 23:25 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-29 23:53 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-30 0:31 ` Vadim Lobanov
2006-09-30 3:36 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-30 4:37 ` Vadim Lobanov
2006-09-30 4:54 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-30 6:10 ` Vadim Lobanov
2006-09-29 21:11 ` Chris Smith
2006-09-29 21:33 ` alan
2006-09-29 20:51 ` alan
2006-09-29 21:25 ` Theodore Tso
2006-09-29 21:29 ` Alan Cox
2006-10-02 8:46 ` Helge Hafting
2006-09-29 19:43 ` jdow
2006-09-30 18:38 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-30 20:49 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-30 20:38 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-25 14:27 ` Lee Revell
2006-09-25 19:05 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-25 20:58 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-25 22:10 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-09-26 21:32 ` Oleg Verych
2006-09-25 19:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-25 21:10 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-25 11:11 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-25 14:12 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-25 16:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-25 17:26 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-25 15:30 ` Xavier Bestel
2006-09-27 1:11 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-27 5:55 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-27 7:36 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-27 8:58 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-27 12:19 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-27 17:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-27 18:37 ` Chase Venters
2006-09-27 19:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 12:42 ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-27 22:58 ` Theodore Tso
2006-09-27 23:16 ` Chase Venters
2006-09-28 0:03 ` Neil Brown
2006-09-28 0:08 ` David Miller
2006-09-28 0:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 0:54 ` Patrick McFarland
2006-09-28 3:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 3:47 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-28 4:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 5:05 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-28 4:39 ` Chase Venters
2006-09-28 5:13 ` Trond Myklebust
2006-09-28 5:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-28 5:27 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-28 5:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-28 7:30 ` Al Viro
2006-09-28 13:55 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-09-28 14:19 ` DervishD
2006-09-28 14:40 ` Jörn Engel
2006-09-28 14:59 ` DervishD
2006-09-28 15:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 15:20 ` Jörn Engel
2006-09-28 15:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 15:46 ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-09-28 15:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 0:26 ` Neil Brown
2006-09-29 6:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 1:34 ` jdow
2006-09-29 6:08 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-29 7:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 7:18 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-29 2:29 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-29 2:45 ` Neil Brown
2006-09-29 3:05 ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-09-29 3:31 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-29 5:37 ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-09-29 7:18 ` David Schwartz
[not found] ` <20060928225008.ded4fa2c.seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
2006-09-29 2:50 ` Sean
2006-09-29 7:18 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-28 14:51 ` Simon Oosthoek
2006-09-28 15:07 ` DervishD
2006-09-28 15:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 18:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 17:16 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-09-28 18:59 ` Segher Boessenkool
2006-09-28 19:34 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-09-28 20:01 ` Oleg Verych
2006-09-28 23:12 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-29 8:04 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-28 1:35 ` Al Viro
2006-09-28 3:13 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-28 3:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 1:53 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-28 9:41 ` Jörn Engel
2006-09-28 9:55 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-28 14:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 15:19 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-28 14:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 2:34 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-28 8:04 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-28 13:50 ` Christer Weinigel
2006-09-28 20:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-27 18:01 ` Theodore Tso
2006-09-27 12:32 ` Theodore Tso
2006-09-27 21:05 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-29 12:47 ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-27 17:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 8:18 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-28 9:39 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-27 16:08 ` Greg KH
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