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Re: Need graph coloring code
- To: espie at quatramaran dot ens dot fr (Marc Espie)
- Subject: Re: Need graph coloring code
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at racerx dot synopsys dot com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:04:48 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Someone asked:
> >> Has any company ever done that, licensed a patent to FSF, royalty-free?
I wrote:
> >Raph Levien licensed a number of patents (mostly having to do with
> >printing) for free use in GPLed programs, so these are royalty-free to the
> >FSF and everyone else.
Marc Espie writes:
> Somewhat slanted: GPLed programs is still a portion of free software.
> `Everyone else' for a free-for-GPLed patent is not exactly true...
To make my language more precise: "to the FSF and everyone else who
is willing to use the GPL".
Arguments about whether this is appropriate are not belong on some
other list, I was just giving a factual response to a factual question.