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
