On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 02:53:49PM +0000, Magos?nyi ?rp?d wrote: > A levelez?m azt hiszi, hogy Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader a következ?eket írta: > > * Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org> [2005-02-23 09:18]: > > > > A Call to Action in OASIS > > > Debian has a representative in OASIS doesn't it? > > > > Yes (Mark Johnson); I already mailed him to ask for his comments. > > I would be happy if Debian would do everything possible against > standards covered by patents. > > It is our essential interest. I would not, and it isn't. There is a wide variety of things possible to do against standards covered by patents that would not be a good idea, including but not limited to writing licenses that are non-free out of a misguided attempt to prohibit them. This isn't an academic concern, it's a real problem that we've been facing for quite some time now. Action based on rational evaluation of the consequences *only*, please. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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