If you read http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/industry-at-risk.htm l you'll see Fortunately, when IBM was being investigated for antitrust (some time ago) it issued a consent degree permitting the automatic licensing of its patent portfolio. As a result any one patent can be licensed for 1% of royalties, and the entire suite for 5%.
What effect does that have on software distribued gratis? 5% of $0 is $0...
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Fortunately, when IBM was being investigated for antitrust (some time ago) it issued a consent degree permitting the automatic licensing of its patent portfolio. As a result any one patent can be licensed for 1% of royalties, and the entire suite for 5%.
What effect does that have on software distribued gratis? 5% of $0 is $0...
How about the first and last name of the English agrarian Jethro Tull who helped invent better ways of, ahem, digging fields.