Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 30, 2002 06:02 PM
I believe this is the reason cited for the incompatibility:
For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.
Do note that that's just an example -- the actual rules are given in the rest of the license, and (IIRC, IANAL, etc.) do make GPL incompatible with any patents that would restrict redistribution in any way.
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Re:Quoting GPL section 7
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 30, 2002 06:02 PMDo note that that's just an example -- the actual rules are given in the rest of the license, and (IIRC, IANAL, etc.) do make GPL incompatible with any patents that would restrict redistribution in any way.
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