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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 13 2012 @ 08:53 AM EDT

I think a more pragmatic middle road would be more
productive given that patents are already prevalent. For
example Google has countersued for patent infringement.
Would you want them not to be able to ship GPL code? For
example a requirement that anybody who uses or distributes
GPL4 code will not be allowed to do so if they license a
patent which covers or claims to cover the GPL4 code
concerned, unless they make the public the details of the
patent and the alleged infringement, and any deal signed, so
that if true, the infringement can be circumvented by re-
coding, and if it involves a misuse of patents for anti-
competitive reasons, it can be referred to the anti-trust
authorities.

This would also put an end to Microsoft style patent
extortion scams that have been unleashed on Linux, ChromeOS,
Android, Nook etc.

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