Re: Subject: [Discuss-gnuradio] APCO 25

[Mark Smith]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 09:18:05PM -0800, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> > If at all possible, the better answer is to get the patent holders to 
> > allow non-comercial use free of charge.  Then, there would be no problems
> > for someone like me to use the code, or better yet, help write the code.
> 
> You should keep in mind that there is some difficulty in reconciling
> that arrangement with, say, the GPL (see its section 7).
> 
> I still have some uncertainty about how to apply section 7 of the GPL
> to particular situations, and I'll probably ask the FSF to clarify
> their interpretation a little bit next week.

Ooo..  I hadn't thought at all about the GPL..  Yeah, that's going to 
make things "Interesting," in the Chinese Curse sorta way..

-Mark

ps:  If you don't know what I mean by "...in the Chinese Curse sorta 
way,"  There is an ancient Chinese Curse, "May you live in interesting
times."
-- 
Mark Smith - finger address@hidden for GPG v1.0.1 public key

pgpTpX9MMdfrI.pgp
Description: PGP signature