Re: question about leaving lzw and unknown-license code in source

To: Bas Zoetekouw <bas@debian.org>
Cc: Roland Marcus Rutschmann <Rutschmann@gmx.de>, debian-legal@lists.debian.org, Debian Med Project List <debian-med@lists.debian.org>, Erik Nolf <erik.nolf@rug.ac.be>
Subject: Re: question about leaving lzw and unknown-license code in source
From: Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:02:08 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 13938736-F5A8-11D6-A46B-00039317863E@suespammers.org>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20021111165938.GB20208@kalypso>


On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 11:59 AM, Bas Zoetekouw wrote:

Nope. We cannot distribute software that doesn't have a properlicense (the
Siemens stuff) or is affected by patents (the lzw stuff).


Fortunately, the lzw patent expires this coming June.

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- Re: question about leaving lzw and unknown-license code in source
  - From: Bas Zoetekouw <bas@debian.org>