Huh? The current version of the GPL has a similar patent clause, and its no different in the treatment of object code AFAICT?

Is there an argument in this?

Switching to Apache 2.0 plus some license compatibility exceptions means we should stick with GCC... why, exactly?

EDIT: if whoever downvoted me can answer that, then that'd be much appreciated.

I misread this this morning, thought this was a backdoor for tivoization, which I am strongly against, and made a too hasty and terse comment, so I really have to eat crow. Sorry everyone.

No worries :)