Fedora meeting Mono Half-Way

[Rahul Sundaram]

Peter Jones wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 13:43 +0000, Paul F. Johnson wrote:
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>>Given that Mono is GPL, I doubt that MS would ever agree to anything
>>like that. Doesn't an exclusive licence negate the GPL anyway?
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>GPL does not address patents.
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Maybe not sufficient enough but it does do that to a limited extend.

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

"*7.* If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent 
infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), 
conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or 
otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not 
excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute 
so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and 
any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may not 
distribute the Program at all. For example, if a patent license would 
not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who 
receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you 
could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from 
distribution of the Program."

regards
Rahul