Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Josselin Mouette wrote: >> Le samedi 29 avril 2006 à 23:37 +0100, Matthew William Solloway Bell a >> écrit : >> > The packages libxine1, ffmpeg, include libfaad*, libx264* or another >> > codec which implement the MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding and Advanced >> > Video Coding standards. >> >> I have already stated this: Debian shouldn't have anything to do >> with regard to patents. We should entirely ignore them unless >> directly threatened, and such issues that depend so much on the >> country should be up to the end-user to deal with. > > Like it or not, we can't completely ignore them in Debian. Each mirror > operator needs to make their own decisions about their liability in > their own country, but Debian itself needs to be careful about > distributing works which have patents in the United States[1] where > the patent holders are well known and have been inolved in patent > litigation against individuals using their patents.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it use, not distribution, that requires a patent license? -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
