Re: Software patents and Debian

[Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Weakish Jiang <weakish@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bas Wijnen wrote:
>  I thought we didn't care
>> about them except if they were actively enforced, because it's completely
>> impossible to avoid all patented software, considering the junk that gets
>> patented.  
>>
> Unless the patent is licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at
> all, it won't conform to the DFSG, even if it is not actively enforced.

That's an interesting assertion, which contradicts current behaviour.
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