Comments on: GPLv3 Resolves the Apache Compatibility Peril, Gets Alan Cox’s Approval http://techrights.org/2007/05/10/gplv3-apache-alan-cox/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: shane http://techrights.org/2007/05/10/gplv3-apache-alan-cox/comment-page-1/#comment-648 shane Fri, 11 May 2007 04:10:18 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/10/gplv3-apache-alan-cox/#comment-648 <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2007/03/29/gplv3-microvell-escape-clause-clarification/" rel="nofollow">The 'grandfather clause' is only part of the new patent language, Novell would still be bound by the other aspects of Section 11</a>. There has even been discussion of the <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2007/04/06/is-the-microvell-clause-going-to-be-completely-removed-from-gplv3/" rel="nofollow">total removal of paragraph 5</a>. The ‘grandfather clause’ is only part of the new patent language, Novell would still be bound by the other aspects of Section 11.

There has even been discussion of the total removal of paragraph 5.

]]> By: BT http://techrights.org/2007/05/10/gplv3-apache-alan-cox/comment-page-1/#comment-647 BT Fri, 11 May 2007 01:29:49 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/10/gplv3-apache-alan-cox/#comment-647 I thought the current v3 draft has a grandfather clause, so, assuming it stays in, can Novell be affected at all? I thought the current v3 draft has a grandfather clause, so, assuming it stays in, can Novell be affected at all?

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