Bug#203211: Software patents and Debian

[Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>]

Am 2006-08-17 22:44:25, schrieb Weakish Jiang:
> 
> 
> 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.

Not realy right => JPEG

And they are some dozen others which are not actively enforced.

If Debian kick off all packages which use patented stuff anywhere
then we would have only 50% of the packages in Sid...

Greetings
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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