internetnews.com: HP Not Happy About Patents in GPL 3

"The second draft of the GPL version 3 license is not even a day old and already one of the largest Linux vendors in the world is taking issue with its content.

"'HP had hoped that the second draft would clarify the patent provision such as to ease concern that mere distribution of a single copy of GPL-licensed software might have significant adverse IP impact on a company,' said Christine Martino, vice president of Open Source And Linux with HP, in a statement. 'Unfortunately, the concern lingers in draft 2...'"

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