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> GPL did not handle any patents until version 3

ORLY? So if you open up the text of the GPLv2 and Ctrl+F for "patent" and all those hits show up—especially in and around section 7—that's what, then?

The _GPLv2 doesn't address patents, but GPLv3 does_ mantra is a too-common lie. GPLv2 does address patents, explicitly.



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