Non-US and patents
I've packaged the international kernel patch for non-us but there is
some problems with the copyrights:
Case 1:
+/* This is an independent implementation of the MARS encryption */
+/* algorithm designed by a team at IBM as a candidate for the US */
+/* NIST Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) effort. The algorithm */
+/* is subject to Patent action by IBM, who intend to offer royalty */
+/* free use if a Patent is granted. */
This is OK to put into non-us/main. Not because free use is granted
but because we don't care about us-patent rules in non-us.
Case 2:
+ * The IDEA(tm) block cipher is covered by patents held by ETH and a
+ * Swiss company called Ascom-Tech AG. The Swiss patent number is
+ * PCT/CH91/00117, the European patent number is EP 0 482 154 B1, and
+ * the U.S. patent number is US005214703. IDEA(tm) is a trademark of
+ * Ascom-Tech AG. There is no license fee required for noncommercial
+ * use. Commercial users may obtain licensing details from Dieter
+ * Profos, Ascom Tech AG, Solothurn Lab, Postfach 151, 4502 Solothurn,
+ * Switzerland, Tel +41 65 242885, Fax +41 65 235761.
If the above only covers patents and not the copyright I could put it
into non-us/main?
If the copyright for the code mentions the above it should go into
non-us/non-free?
Does the european patent mean anything to the package?
I think these cases covers all my present problems. But I have some
other examples of problematic "copyrights" in Bug#42112.
(The CAST-256 thingy goes into non-free until I know what the CAST-256
conditions is. That is no problem.)
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