Hello developers, Could you give me your advice on this patend problem ? I have not the connection time to investigate this issue properly and anyway this must be discussed here.
Please CC me, thanks! ----- Forwarded message from Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bug#153467: libjpeg62: JPEG is patent-encumbered Reply-To: "Florian Weimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-From: "Florian Weimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-CC: Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 18:18:07 GMT Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Debian-PR-Message: report 153467 X-Debian-PR-Package: libjpeg62 X-Debian-PR-Keywords: From: "Florian Weimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian Bug Tracking System" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: reportbug 1.99.47 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:04:43 +0200 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Sender: Debian BTS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Package: libjpeg62 Version: 6b-5 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.1.4 libjpeg62 may have to be moved to non-free. Enforcing a rather old patent on JPEG-related technology has been announced: http://ir.forgent.com/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=FORG&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=314044 The patent is here: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='4,698,672'.WKU.&OS=PN/4,698,672&RS=PN/4,698,672 No corresponding patent seems to have been filed at the EPO. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux CERT 2.4.14-xfs #1 SMP Fri Nov 23 21:34:33 CET 2001 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US Versions of packages libjpeg62 depends on: ii libc6 2.2.5-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FHS 5.3: As of the date of this release of the standard, system crash were not supported under Linux. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
