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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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