On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 06:17:37PM -0500, Joe Klemmer wrote: > On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 13:39, WipeOut wrote: > > > >Also, I've seen comments that the new patent clause may be incompatible > > >with the GPL - does anybody know more about this? > > > > Looks like the open source world is killing itself.. > > I don't know... It seems to me that it's just showing the one great > fault of the GPL. According to GNU it is incompatible with the GPL (the Apache license), but that's because of a part of the Apache license dealing with patents. The GNU says the patent clause is a good idea and the next version of the GPL will probably include it. In other words, this is not a philisophical difference or rift between Apache and GNU. Mark McGlone
