Re: Bug#159114: acknowledged by developer (Patents can't cover software in .nl after all)
>>"Adrian" == Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> writes:
Adrian> There remains the issue that _many_ Debian mirrors do mirror
Adrian> non-US which means that the same issue might affect one or
Adrian> more of them.
Adrian> Please make a separate "patented" and don't misuse non-US for
Adrian> this without checking the possible legal implications in
Adrian> _all_ countries where servers mirror non-US first.
This is a bogus argument, on several levels. Forstly,
throughout the life of non-us, we have had the programs with patent
encumbrances there. Secondly, when we had crypto in non-US, we did
not create separate subparts, even though some countries had similar
objections to a subset of crypto programs. And, lastly, (and this is
the most important, and this alone justifies this action, even if I
am horribly wrong on the first two counts) policy documents current
practice; and what you have is current practice.
I have forwarded this reply to the admin team for any action
they see fit to take, and I am closing this policy report.
Thanks for your continued interest in Debian.
manoj
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