Weakish Jiang wrote: > > > Bas Wijnen wrote: > > 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.
However, given the prevelance of patents which are clearly invalid (but which would take extensive work to get invalidated -- in the US the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has been issuing incorrect pro-patent rulings in violation of precedent for about 20 years, and there's currently a Supreme Court case pending to try to stop them), Debian would be able to distribute nothing if it respected all of these clearly invalid "patents". Hell, xor is patented. -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bush admitted to violating FISA and said he was proud of it. So why isn't he in prison yet?... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
