On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 04:37:26PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > So don't. Don't put any of the patent encumbered sources in main > either -- there is nothing that says patent infringement does not > happen as source code. > > That would meet the current policy as well. > > the patent encumbered software would then be treated much like > we do non-free. Might not have much of an OS left, after that, but > hey. We will have stopped pretending that patent enforcement is one of > our responsibilities or that we expose ourself to any kind of liability > by distributing code that may or may not be patent-encumbered.
What? No. By identifying and trying to keep out patent-encumbered sources, we do exactly the opposite. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
