In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Yves Arrouye writes: >On Aug 4, 6:55pm, David Frey wrote: >} Subject: Re: Uploading compress-package 1.1 on master >} In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >} [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >} >Description: >} > compress-package: fileset to build a Debian compress package > >} compress belongs into non-free, not into devel! >} Reason: Copyright-problems (Unisys-Patent) > >No. This package *is* free: it only allows one to build a compress >binary package, which then will be distributable under Unisys conditions.
OK. But isn't the netscape-package in non-free/contrib as well? >BTW, I read in this list that the Unisys patent does not apply outside of >the USA. Is this true? In this case, maybe someone in Europe can make a >binary compress package available? I don't know. [Sidenote (just thinking aloud): Has for example Sun licensed it's compress(1)?] David
