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On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 09:19 -0400, Richard Fontana wrote:
> Mark wrote
> > there's also the ASF's claim of an incompatibility between the
> > GPLv2 and the patent provisions in ALv2. Let's leave that aside since
> > we're talking about an AGPLv3 licensed project.
> 
> Just a comment on this very peripheral item, which I feel compelled
> to make for the benefit of future generations etc.: That is not the
> view of the ASF -- indeed the ASF raised serious doubts about the
> rational basis for this interpretation. Rather it was the view of the
> FSF in ~2004 when it considered the question of compatibility of the
> new Apache License 2.0 with GPLv2.

Yes, apologies. I have a tendency to make tiny typos (in this case 'A'
vs 'F') that completely reverses my intended meaning :-)

The ASF doc makes it quite clear that it's the FSF's view on the matter,
not the ASF's view.

Thanks,
Mark.