Hi, Brian M. Carlson 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. Consider hyperlatex. It's in contrib because it depends on netpbm-nonfree (generating .gifs). That's what I meant with the above. > > I wonder what Debian considers the threshold of importance for patents > > that can be ignored and patents that we care about. > Active enforcement. We don't know if the patent holder enforces the named patents next week. We violate them and we don't have a license for using them. If you mean that we just follow common practice, well... bye, Roland
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