Re: The GPL and Patents: ROFL

[David Kastrup]

RJack <user@example.net> writes:

> On 8/19/2010 5:18 PM, Hyman Rosen wrote:
>>
>> The GPL is a copyright license, granting additional rights
>
> Are those additional rights that the GPL grants "In Personam" (contract
> rights) or "In Rem" (property rights)? I thought Article I, Section 8,
> Clause 8 of the United States Constitution gave Congress the power to
> grant new copyrights.

What use would a right be if you could not use it as leverage?  You
can't do that if you have nothing to offer.

-- 
David Kastrup