Please help me with GNU GPL:
In :C:\Wamp\license.txt in
"GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION section at paragraph 8 we have this:
<b><i>" If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates
the limitation as if written in the body of this License."</b></i>
Would you please tell me :
1)who are "PATENTS"?
2)what are the mentioned "COUNTRIES"?
In :C:\Wamp\license.txt in
"GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION section at paragraph 8 we have this:
<b><i>" If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates
the limitation as if written in the body of this License."</b></i>
Would you please tell me :
1)who are "PATENTS"?
2)what are the mentioned "COUNTRIES"?