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Re: The GPL and Patents: ROFL


From: RJack
Subject: Re: The GPL and Patents: ROFL
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:00:18 -0000
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On 8/20/2010 9:49 AM, Hyman Rosen wrote:


The GPL is a license, not a contract. You don't "agree" to the GPL,
you "accept" the terms of the GPL when you copy and distribute
GPL-covered code whose rights you do not own. As part of "accepting"
the GPL, you "agree", i.e., promise, not to claim your patent rights
if they are embodied in the GPL-covered software you are copying and
distributing when it is further used, copied, or distributed under
the terms of the GPL.

The battle of   Hyman The Crank v. The Federal Courts   is now
officially over. Hyman Rosen has overruled eighty-three years of
unbroken federal court precedent. Methinks none should argue
further with His Majesty. LMAO while ROFL.

Sincerely,
RJack :)

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