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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 9 years ago 2015-02-02 14:56:03
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Formatting change: use itemize here instead.

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@@ ... / @@ -3705,13 +3705,19 @@ classes of patent commitments. @@
 Specifically, the ideal might have been for GPLv3 to feature a patent license
 grant triggered by all acts of distribution of GPLv3-covered works.  The FSF
 considered it during the GPLv3 drafting process, but many patent-holding
 companies objected to this policy.  They have made two objections: (1) the
 companies objected to this policy.  They have made two objections:
 \begin{enumerate}
     \item the
 far-reaching impact of the patent license grant on the patent holder is
 disproportionate to the act of merely distributing code without modification
 or transformation, and (2) it is unreasonable to expect an owner of vast
 or transformation, and
     \item it is unreasonable to expect an owner of vast
 patent assets to exercise requisite diligence in reviewing all the
 GPL-covered software that it provides to others.  Some expressed particular
 concern about the consequences of ``inadvertent'' distribution.
 \end{enumerate}
 The argument that the impact of the patent license grant would be
 ``disproportionate'',  that is to say unfair, is not valid. Since

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