Z:gnu-www-ja-gplv3-the-program--bcc2d9-The broad reading of =26quot;the/en

The broad reading of &quot;the Program&quot;, it has been suggested, gives rise to an unreasonably broad patent license grant. The reasoning is that, for a given GPLv3 licensee, the set of contributors granting patent licenses becomes all GPLv3 licensors of all GPLv3-covered works in the world, and not merely licensors of the specific work received by that licensee in a particular act of licensing.