On Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 03:23:35PM -0600, Ean R . Schuessler wrote:
> Should we include a clause that says the software must be unencumbered by
> software patents? This would make DFSG compliance a regional phenomena, but
> that is the way things actually are in reality.
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(You know, I happen to be using joe right now and under joe ` is a sacred
key (which I haven't bothered to remap yet, but I'm seriously about to
right now) which means the above could not be just copied and pasted. I
had to type that in by hand.. Consider it a small measure of how
strongly I oppose the idea of having patents being a consideration of
what's free and what's not)
--
Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer
PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First!
To boldly go where no bunch of geeks have gone before :) --Joel Klecker
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