On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 10:24:45PM +0200, Cesare Leonardi wrote:
> One of the terrible effect of software patents is that nobody knows if
> his program infringe some of them in some country. And, as you said, i
> think it's impossible to be completely patent-free as things stand now.
However, do
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:23:51PM +0200, Cesare Leonardi wrote:
I am for the radical way, to keep Debian completely free, libre.
If I'm understanding you correctly on this (i.e. remove from Debian
every software which has parts covered by software patents), this is
a
I claim not being expert on this subject. But this argument seems
rehash of ones done in debian-legal and debian-user.
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:23:51PM +0200, Cesare Leonardi wrote:
...
> Remaining on the multimedia side, if mp3 is covered by numerous patents
> that implementing a codec cannot
Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> Only if they are enforcable in court. Regarding many multimedia related
> software, there is indeed an ugly lot of software patents around, and it
> is very unclear if they would succeed in court if somebody would
> distribute software which implement ideas described by a
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:23:51PM +0200, Cesare Leonardi wrote:
> I am for the radical way, to keep Debian completely free, libre.
If I'm understanding you correctly on this (i.e. remove from Debian
every software which has parts covered by software patents), this is
a complete nonsense. It will
Reinhard Tartler wrote:
I don't think debian has decided on a more or less 'official' position
regarding software patents. There many packages in debian, which are
suspected to implement many ideas described by software patents. I don't
know of any case were debian had to explain in court. This c
Chris Walters wrote:
> Software code can be copyrighted, but that is an easy thing to get
> around - even if you got your original idea from some copyrighted code.
> Patents are not easy to get around. They totally protect all
> implementations of the procedures used to do x (whatever x is).
Onl
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 01:35:31PM +0200, Daniel K. Gebhart wrote:
> What do you think about setting a sign [1]against Software Patents on
> our website?
Argh, I should have know that there'll be someone who would misuse
debian-devel for this. See -project!
--
2. That which causes joy or h
* Glenn McGrath ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030826 15:05]:
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:58:10 +0200
> Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > SPAM doesn't get better if done for a "good thing".
> >
> > (That doesn't stop me of writing letters to Members of European
> > Parliament e.g., but your mail is
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:58:10 +0200
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SPAM doesn't get better if done for a "good thing".
>
> (That doesn't stop me of writing letters to Members of European
> Parliament e.g., but your mail is absolutly misdirected at d-d.)
Software patents do restrict wh
* Daniel K. Gebhart ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030826 13:50]:
> What do you think about setting a sign [1]against Software Patents on
> our website? I think the time has come to get more active against software
> patents. Due to the directive validating Software Patents that will be
> voted this 1st Se
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 01:58:10PM +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> SPAM doesn't get better if done for a "good thing".
Funny declaration to SPAM. ;-)
> (That doesn't stop me of writing letters to Members of European
> Parliament e.g., but your mail is absolutly misdirected at d
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