On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 12:33:19AM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> Paul Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The RSA patent was only valid in the USA, an oversight on RSA's part.
> > That's the difference.
>
> But surely a sizable chunk the Debian usersbase lives in the US, there
> were official CDs sold in the US containing the software, etc. So the
> difference is only gradual: more potentail users, and more mirrors
> (if mere distribution is really illegal) would be affected.
What about setting up a non-patent debian archive somewhere were the patent
don't apply. India could be a likely candidate, i think, but then maybe they
only don't like patent on medicine or such ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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