Re: Just the usual rant: Debian VS legal problems (MPlayer, xine, libavcodec)
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 05:19, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> A hypothetical example.
>
> Australia doesnt recognise software patents, so as im an Australian
> residing in Australia, arent i free to do things that in the US (for
> example) would be considered a violation of a software patent.
>
> If i did so and then went to the US, or if Australain law was
> contradicted by international law then i could be in trouble.
>
> Does the fact that im part of a project whose assets are managed by a US
> non-profit organisation mean im subject to US laws.... i should hope
> not.
>
> If it does then SPI shouldnt be incorportated in the US, rather in some
> friendlier country.
There are a good number of Australians who are interested in such things.
Maybe we should setup a "SPI Australia" organization to be involved in non-US
Debian work.
Another possible option for a non-US SPI is the Netherlands, there are plenty
of Debian developers here, and bandwidth is cheap.
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