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>>>>> "Yarden" == Yarden Katz <[email protected]>:
 Yarden> Kevin Rosenberg <[email protected]> writes:
 >> Yarden Katz wrote:
 > Just a side note concerning the RDF version of RSS--you could easily
 > add this by using the Wilbur RDF toolkit (http://wilbur-rdf.sf.net)
 >>
 >> Wilbur's Nokia Open Source License was discussed on debian-legal. It
 >> has a problem: if you modify the source, you lose all rights to use
 >> any software patented code in the open-source Nokia product -- and
 >> Nokia a very large number of software patents. So, the Nokia license
 >> was rejected as being DSFG-free.

 Yarden> Ah ok.  Ora Lassila, the developer of Wilbur, explained in his
 Yarden> presentation why the Nokia lawyers released this product,
 Yarden> despite it being open source, under the Nokia license (as
 Yarden> opposed to GPL.)  I don't remember the exact reason, but I do
 Yarden> remember Lassila claimed that they were reasonable.
[...]

Actually, he did not. He said he doesn't remember the reasons. I
approached him after his presentation and told him that it's most
probably because of section 7 of the GPL, which explicitly prohibits
distribution of code covered by patent restrictions.

Incidentally, this is a very serious problem with the GPL, which most
people are not aware of (google for my postings in c.l.l explaining it
in more detail if you're interested). It could also be the reason why
many companies choose to compose their own open-source license.

--J.

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