Re: Debian's problems, Debian's future
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 03:24:42PM +0200, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 10:58:24AM +0200, Michael Bramer wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 06:39:19PM +1000, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> > > > I beleive this method is patented by somebody, which is why it's not in
> > > > use/supported.
>
> Possibly it was only patented in the non-free united companies of america.
> So it might well go into non-free (the inversion of the meaning comes straight out of 1984).
Well, a lot of patents are recognised across borders. And someone could
write it in a country that doesn't recognise software patents, but the DeCSS
stuff showed that that's not safe either.
Software patents are just plain irritating.
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> Ignorance continues to thrive when intelligent people choose to do
> nothing. Speaking out against censorship and ignorance is the imperative
> of all intelligent people.
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