GPL v3 - A remedy to the Microsoft patent threat
Stallman’s why details a lot of reasons why would one release a free software under GPLv3. One reason is thwarting Microsoft’s future attempts to collect royalties or threaten the open source community.
In essence if a distributor distributes GPLv3 code to his clients/customers, he grants them a conveyable patent license. And so their modifications to the code once released will convey the patent license to every recipient.
I believe GPLv3 is a great work to come. It is still under review and comments from the public till the end of this month.
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