No need to CC me, I'm on the list. Henning Makholm writes: > I dimly recall that the test we applied in the IBM was: If the patent > licence grant and its associated termination clause were deleted from > the license, would it then be free? The answer was "yes", and the > license should not become less free by granting more rights, even if > those extra rights apply only in limited cases.
That is the proper principle to apply -- the same one that applies to the RPSL. -- -russ nelson http://russnelson.com | You get prosperity when Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | the government does less, 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | not when the government Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | does something right.
