Re: [Fsfe-uk] Software patent - any action?

[Chris Lale]

Alex McLintock wrote:

> Looks good to me Chris. I assume you are granting permission for anyone 
> to use this text? I'd like to use it on my website.

Yes, fine. But in the light of comments I shall be revising it. Please 
omit the first line since this appears not to be true. Chris Croughton 
wrote:
> Where they often differ is in what you are allowed to do with that
> source code.  Both give you the right to compile it into
> executables and run it (it wouldn't be any use otherwise!), but OSS may
> limit your right to pass on those executables or to charge for them.
> Both generally also give you the right to modify the code and build
> executables with the modified source, but they may differ on whether you
> are allowed to pass those executables (or the modified source) on to
> anyone else, whether you have to pass any modifications back to the
> author/maintainer, whether you can distribute patches, etc.

Chris


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