Re: Bug#153467: [Weimer@cert.uni-stuttgart.de: Bug#153467: libjpeg62: JPEG is patent-encumbered]

[Florian Weimer <Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>]

Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:

> Therefore, a Debian archive outside jurisdictions where this patent is
> enforceable is the proper home for the software if the patent is
> enforceable against libjpeg62, not non-free.

Japanese and European counterparts exist, see:

http://swpat.ffii.org/patente/wirkungen/jpeg/index.en.html

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