Re: Include 0AD, a new fancy 3D RTS
On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 04:06:02PM +0100, Philip Taylor wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Johan Van de Wauw
> <johan.vandewauw@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This might make it not suitable for main, since DXT seems to be patented:
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=407561
There is no rule preventing software implementing patents from being included
in main.
> (I don't know what Debian's rules about patents are, but it looks like
> there's already packages for e.g. libdevil which implements the same
> compression format and isn't covered by anybody's patent license.)
Actively enforced patents are forbidden, otherwise, ignored.
ftpmaster make the call.
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Jon Dowland
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