Luk Claes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Well I know all this. But I ment I want to have more information how it >will practically go. Does the patent problems have any implication on the >upload (to non-free)? Yes.
>What am I supposed to do with the package or the patent issues? See if the package without the patented bit is worth caring. If you think that it isn't, you could file a bug against ftp.debian.org explaining the issue and asking for it's removal. (I should think that, given the lack of a maintainer, you as an almost adopter are one of the experts for the package, so this might be in order.) >Will there be any sponsor or can I better put my time in other packages / >bug fixes and the like? If you don't see a way around the patent issue, you probably should not waste your time on it. (Non-free+Patent issue isn't too attractive...) Cheers T.
