On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 05:22:29PM +0100, Roland Stigge wrote: > I wonder if it is still possible for sarge to be released before 7 July > 2004 (international expiration of US4558302). If not, we could start to > move GIF/LZW patent encumbered packages from non-free and contrib to > main.
They will most likely not be moved until the patent expires. Packages that contain LZW code should not be in contrib; they should be in non-free because they cannot be practiced under a DFSG-free license. > I wonder what Debian considers the threshold of importance for patents > that can be ignored and patents that we care about. Active enforcement. Of course, if the patents are enforced, but are allowed to be practiced under a DFSG-free license, then that's different. -- Brian M. Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0x560553e7
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