On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:51:13PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > IANAL, but being open source, a patent lawyer would probably try to > claim that distributing the code ALLOWS the infringement of the patent > as if that makes Debian complicit in the infringement.
Er, by definition a patent is supposed to include a complete description of the invention that would permit a third-party to reimplement the invention, in exchange for granting the inventor exclusive rights to the invention for a limited time. Would you argue that distributing copies of the patent application is infringement, too? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
