Proposals abound, including one that made headlines in 2009 because the patent holders included Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
方案很多，包括一个登上2009年头条的方案，因为该方案的专利持有人包括微软的缔造者比尔·盖茨。
In many places there is a problem over intellectual property because of an imbalance of power between copyright and patent holders on the one hand, and the public on the other.
在很多地方，知识产权都是个老大难问题，原因就是版权和专利权所有人和公众之间权限的失衡。
GPL version 2, in 1991, was designed also to prevent patent holders from using their patents to impose licenses on redistributors in a way that would make the software non-free.
1991年第2版GPL的设计，同样是为了防止持有专利者利用他们的专利权以某种会使软件变得非自由的手段强加许可协议给重发布者。
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