[OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types

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On Thursday, 4 September 2014 at 14:54:31 UTC, David Nadlinger 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 4 September 2014 at 08:35:49 UTC, Ola Fosheim 
> Grøstad wrote:
>> On Thursday, 4 September 2014 at 08:24:37 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
>>> AFAIK GPL3 is incompatible with any license, which doesn't 
>>> address patent problem, not just GPL2. Think of it as a next 
>>> generation of opensource licenses.
>>
>> GPL3 is not incompatible with GPL2, because GPL2 has a clause 
>> that allows you to upgrade to any later version of the GPL.
>
> This is wrong. By itself, GPLv2 is indeed incompatible with 
> GPLv3. However, many (most?) projects using the GPLv2 in fact 
> say "or any later version" in their licensing conditions, as 
> recommended by the FSF. I don't think that this is a proper 
> part of the license, however.

It is:

« 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new 
versions
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versions will
be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in 
detail to
address new problems or concerns.

Each version is given a distinguishing version number.  If the 
Program
specifies a version number of this License which applies to it 
and "any
later version", you have the option of following the terms and 
conditions
either of that version or of any later version published by the 
Free
Software Foundation.  If the Program does not specify a version 
number of
this License, you may choose any version ever published by the 
Free Software
Foundation.»

And the following text is recommended to be put in each source 
file:

«<one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it 
does.>
     Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>

     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
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