Re: Choice of venue, was: GUADEC report
MJ Ray wrote:
>On 2004-07-13 11:14:45 +0100 Matthew Garrett
><mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>> Enforcement (or lack thereof) of a patent is arbitrary, yes.
>
>Needing a DFSG-free patent licence is not news to me. If we have a
>patented software, then it's non-free without such a licence. Are
>there other circumstances where GPL 7 offers arbitrary termination?
Any situation which inhibits your ability to carry out any of the GPL's
requirements results in you no longer being able to distribute the code.
I still don't see how this is any less of a practical problem for
users than the copyright holder being able to terminate the license.
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