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GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the license-to-chill dept.

null etc. writes "MSNBC is running an article about how upcoming changes to the GPL will retaliate against companies that patent software or produce DRM'ed products. "Software patents are clearly a menace to society and innovation. We like this to be more explicit. The basic idea is that if someone patents software, he loses the right to use free software. It's like a patent retaliation clause.""

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  1. Re:Read the article, not the headline... by nietsch · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Indeed, there is not much substance in the article.
    The fact that i distilled from it is this: FSF Europe (which is not FSF itself) got a grant from NLnet and filled a press release with speculation.

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