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Re: [PROPOSAL] Patented software == non-free?



On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 09:15:04PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
>  >Unfortunatly this change really makes no difference. Being patented _is_
>  >being "encumbered by legal issues". You've just removed an example of a

> Encumbered in which country? In many countries (including the one
> where non-us.debian.org resides) software patents are not accepted.
> 
> I'd like to know RMS' opinion on the issue: why should I suffer from
> silly laws of other countries?

Read the GPL for his opinion..  It's quite clear to me.  =>

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