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> 8 Jul 2007 22:36:20 +1200
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> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:21:27 -0500, Kurt Häusler wrote:
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> > On the other hand, I like the idea of protecting the users (and other
> > coders) from patent lawsuits so updating the gpl to version 3 seems
> > tempting too but is it my right to do so?
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> If *you* own the copyrights, then *you* can choose what license you want
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> If your company owns the copyrights, then your company can choose what
> license it wants to release the software under.
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> Copyright ownership is the important thing - not patents.
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> Besides, mathematics is not patentable - and software is applied
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