In which version the patent grant started in GPL?

[Allison Randal]

Hi Adonay,

Both are true, the patent grant was only explicitly added in GPLv3, but
earlier versions of the GPL are generally interpreted as including an
implied patent grant.

Allison

On 02/07/2018 06:56 PM, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> First I want to thank you for the awesome work, and also I want to ask
> in which version the patent grant (implied or not) started in GPL?
> 
> Recently there was a discussion in trisquel-users mailing list in which
> I mentioned the importance of copyleft and licenses such as GPL and AGPL
> ([1][2]), after some time we got some replies ([3][4]) mentioning that the
> patent grant only applies to GPL-3.0 onwards, while the Copyleft Guide
> says that it applies to version 2 onwards (version 2 being implied, and
> afterwards made explicit in the license text).
> 
> 
> Respectfully, Adonay.
> Have a nice day.
> 
> [1]
> <https://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/2017-November/083368.html>.
> 
> [2]
> <https://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/2017-November/083369.html>.
> 
> [3]
> <https://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/2017-November/083381.html>.
> 
> [4]
> <https://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/2017-November/083390.html>.
>