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ZDNet UK: FSF Recommends Express Patent Licences

Nov 05, 2004, 16:00 (1 Talkback[s])
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"Free Software Foundation (FSF) senior counsel, Dan Ravicher, has put forward a recommendation to help developers avoid potential legal pitfalls when distributing software under free and open-source licences.

"He recommended that software developers attach express patent licences to free and open-source software licence schemes such as Open BSD and the GNU General Public License..."

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