Re: Bug#220464: gimp: LZW patent is still valid in Europe and Japan

2003-11-12 Thread Ben Gertzfield
I am copying debian-legal on this mail. Please include me on any replies, as I am not subscribed to that list. Adrian Bunk wrote: the LZW patent is still valid in Europe and Japan. Due to the possible legal risk for your users in Europe and Japan it's still required to keep LZW code out of

Re: Bug#220464: gimp: LZW patent is still valid in Europe and Japan

2003-11-12 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:17:18PM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > I am copying debian-legal on this mail. Please include me on any > replies, as I am not subscribed to that list. I'm not subscribed to debian-legal, too. Please Cc me on replies. Below are my opinions on this issue. > Adrian Bun

Re: Bug#220464: gimp: LZW patent is still valid in Europe and Japan

2003-11-12 Thread Ben Gertzfield
Adrian Bunk wrote: Section 2.2.3 of your policy says: Packages must be placed in _non-free_ or _non-US/non-free_ if they are not compliant with the DFSG or are encumbered by patents or other legal issues that make their distribution problematic. This section clearly states, that pa

Re: Bug#220464: gimp: LZW patent is still valid in Europe and Japan

2003-11-12 Thread Brian M. Carlson
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:17:18PM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > I am copying debian-legal on this mail. Please include me on any > replies, as I am not subscribed to that list. > > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > >the LZW patent is still valid in Europe and Japan. > > > >Due to the possible legal risk

New Apache License

2003-11-12 Thread David N. Welton
[ Please CC replies to me, or better, take your comments to the appropriate place. ] Offhand, I see the following people discuss the proposed Apache license: Brian M. Carlson Mahesh T. Pai David Turner Don Armstrong Adam Warner Anthony DeRobertis But I wonder if you legal-eagles missed this par