Am 2006-08-17 22:44:25, schrieb Weakish Jiang:
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>
> Bas Wijnen wrote:
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> I thought we didn't care
> > about them except if they were actively enforced, because it's completely
> > impossible to avoid all patented software, considering the junk that gets
> > patented.
> >
> Unless the patent is licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at
> all, it won't conform to the DFSG, even if it is not actively enforced.
Not realy right => JPEG
And they are some dozen others which are not actively enforced.
If Debian kick off all packages which use patented stuff anywhere
then we would have only 50% of the packages in Sid...
Greetings
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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