On Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 19:58:47 -0800, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > I'm a law student and willing to help in any way I can.
One of the most complex legal issues that free software development may be confronted with is software patents (see e.g. http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/), especially when dealing with international issues (e.g. If I use (in the Netherlands) a program developed in Sweden (where software/algorithms reputedly cannot be patented, but which I assume is a signator to WIPO) that implements an algorithm that's patented in the US, am I in trouble?) and broadness of patents (see mozilla.org's troubles with Wang over a videotext-related patent). It would be good for Debian to have (semi-)professional legal advice to fall back on in these matters. Ray -- J.H.M. Dassen | RUMOUR Believe all you hear. Your world may [EMAIL PROTECTED] | not be a better one than the one the blocks | live in but it'll be a sight more vivid. | - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
