"Kevin B. McCarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems like a potentially bad idea, actually. I certainly can't > cite specific laws, but I seem to recall from similar discussions that > if a patent holder can prove a patent was violated in full knowledge of > the violation, he is entitled to triple damages.
Law student Sean Kellogg disputed that popular legend on this list in February 2005. Because I don't live in "home of the brave, land of the legal fee" I don't know who to believe. > In the course of > researching patents possibly violated by MPlayer, one would surely > uncover the presence of the same patents in code already in Debian -- > the already-mentioned Xine, Avifile, etc. Does not knowing about a bug make it any less of a bug? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
