From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 04:59:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 04:58:59 -0400 Received: from dsl-213-023-038-133.arcor-ip.net ([213.23.38.133]:59779 "EHLO starship") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 04:58:59 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Daniel Phillips To: Gilad Ben-Yossef , Larry McVoy Subject: Re: business models [was patent stuff] Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:57:34 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] Cc: "Adam J. Richter" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200205272152.OAA03070@adam.yggdrasil.com> <20020527152452.A24502@work.bitmover.com> <1022572387.11827.55.camel@gby.benyossef.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 28 May 2002 09:53, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > And BTW I'm OK with patents as long as their licensed for free to GPLed > software (maybe add a clause that makes this irreversable?). Indeed, an irreversible license is essential, but that's not all. Not only must the GPL be accommodated, but all open source licenses. And it is not enough to be free as in "without cost": it must also be free of additional restrictions. -- Daniel