On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> Having a license that explicitly states that people who
> contribute and use Linux shouldn't sue you over it might
> prevent some problems.
The thing is, if you own the patent, and you sneaked the code into the
kernel, you will almost certainly be laughed out of court for trying to
enforce it.
And if somebody else owns the patent, no amount of copyright license makes
any difference.
Linus
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