[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
“While the ultimate answer for making “software
development safe is to abolish software patents,” that’s beyond
what the GPLv3 can do, according to Stallman. Instead, he said,
“the explicit patent license of GPLv3 makes sure companies that use
the GPL to give users the four freedoms cannot turn around and use
their patents to tell some users ‘That doesn’t include you.’ It
also stops them from colluding with other patent holders to do
this.””
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