« Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all. »
« 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), (...) »
« 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, (...) »
[^] # Re: C'est le mois des forks ?
Posté par Benoît Sibaud (site web personnel) . En réponse à la dépêche Faire part de naissance de LibreOffice. Évalué à 5.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
« Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all. »
« 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), (...) »
« 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, (...) »