On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 18:43, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:42:01PM -0500, David Turner wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 20:11, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > If I go further, and patent my modifications, to which in the United > > > States the only barrier appears to be the money to pay a patent lawyer > > > to file a claim with the USPTO, then the FSF has a real problem. > > > > No, then you have a section 6 and 7 problem. > > Right. Okay, so I secretly conspire with IBM[1], and sell them my > patent in exchange for an unlimited, worldwide, non-exclusive, > perpetual, paid-up license to the patent. > > [1] just picking on them because they own more U.S. patents than any > other individual or organization, apparently
... and you still have the same problem. d-l is not the place for this, but the idea of section 7, as described to me by Eben is that you can't do that. Ask him if you care for details. *This is the FSF's position as I understand it*. -- -Dave Turner GPL Compliance Engineer Support my work: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=novalis&p=FSF
