Re: [FYI] In Defense of Copyleft

[Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>]

"Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com> writes:

> On 8 Feb 2001, at 21:37, Florian Weimer wrote:
> 
> > Rigo Wenning <rigo@fitug.de> writes:
> > 
> > > Ich halte "copyleft" für eine nachhaltige Innovation in der
> > > Nutzung des Urheberrechts. Für Patente haben wir diese Lösung
> > > noch nicht, aber ich glaube es ist eine Frage der Zeit und des
> > > Anpassungsdrucks...
> > 
> > Es gibt Softwarepatente, die grundsätzlich für GPL-Projekte lizensiert
> > sind.
> 
> Wo kann man was darueber nachlesen?

Zum Beispiel hier:

     Whereas, Raph Levien (hereinafter "Inventor") has obtained patent
     protection for related technology (hereinafter "Patented
     Technology"), Inventor wishes to aid the the GNU free software
     project in achieving its goals, and Inventor also wishes to
     increase public awareness of Patented Technology, Inventor hereby
     grants a fully paid up, nonexclusive, royalty free license to
     practice the patents listed below ("the Patents") if and only if
     practiced in conjunction with software distributed under the
     terms of any version of the GNU General Public License as
     published by the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite
     330, Boston, MA 02111. Inventor reserves all other rights,
     including without limitation, licensing for software not
     distributed under the GNU General Public License.

http://www.levien.com/patents.html