Re: Point 5 (Re: Debian "Position" on Software Patents)

2012-04-15 Thread dE .
On 04/16/12 01:01, Filipus Klutiero wrote: Hi Jose, Jose Luis Rivas wrote: On 04/11/2012 09:37 PM, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Hi, > in February, Stefano Zacchiroli added a document titled "Debian Position on [...] > 5. A request/demand that people concerned with specific patent issues do no

Point 5 (Re: Debian "Position" on Software Patents)

2012-04-15 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Hi Jose, Jose Luis Rivas wrote: On 04/11/2012 09:37 PM, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Hi, > in February, Stefano Zacchiroli added a document titled "Debian Position on [...] > 5. A request/demand that people concerned with specific patent issues do not > share their concerns, except with t

Re: Re: Debian "Position" on Software Patents

2012-04-14 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Hi MJ, MJ Ray wrote: [...] Also, can the DPL really not just issue this position statement as a "decision for whom noone else has responsibility"? I'm pretty sure the DPL procedure (such as it is) was followed: that zack solicited views and made a decision he felt to be consistent with the c

Re: Debian "Position" on Software Patents

2012-04-13 Thread Jose Luis Rivas
On 04/11/2012 09:37 PM, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Hi, > in February, Stefano Zacchiroli added a document titled "Debian Position on [...] > 5. A request/demand that people concerned with specific patent issues do not > share their concerns, except with the contact point mentioned in 3. > >

Re: Debian "Position" on Software Patents

2012-04-12 Thread dE .
On 04/12/12 20:53, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 19:59 +0530, dE . wrote: On 04/12/12 19:53, Josselin Mouette wrote: Le jeudi 12 avril 2012 à 19:07 +0530, dE . a écrit : [...] As a result I suggest, restricting the download and hosting of such software in the US.. since software

Re: Debian "Position" on Software Patents

2012-04-12 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 19:59 +0530, dE . wrote: > On 04/12/12 19:53, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Le jeudi 12 avril 2012 à 19:07 +0530, dE . a écrit : [...] > >> As a result I suggest, restricting the download and hosting of such > >> software in the US.. since software patents practically only apply

Re: Debian "Position" on Software Patents

2012-04-12 Thread dE .
On 04/12/12 19:53, Josselin Mouette wrote: Le jeudi 12 avril 2012 à 19:07 +0530, dE . a écrit : I'm very much unhappy with the policies put down here, looking at the amount of patents Microsoft is holding, it making developing any software a challenge; that results in the Debian repos being --em

Re: Debian "Position" on Software Patents

2012-04-12 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 12 avril 2012 à 19:07 +0530, dE . a écrit : > I'm very much unhappy with the policies put down here, looking at the > amount of patents Microsoft is holding, it making developing any > software a challenge; that results in the Debian repos being > --emtpy--. For the - at least - 15th time

Re: Debian "Position" on Software Patents

2012-04-12 Thread dE .
On 04/12/12 07:37, Filipus Klutiero wrote: Hi, in February, Stefano Zacchiroli added a document titled "Debian Position on Software Patents" to our website: http://www.debian.org/legal/patent This document includes both a position and a policy regarding software patents. It st

Re: Debian "Position" on Software Patents

2012-04-12 Thread MJ Ray
Filipus Klutiero wrote: > 5. A request/demand that people concerned with specific patent issues > do not share their concerns, except with the contact point mentioned > in 3. > > [...] 5. is, however, anti-transparency, and IMO against > our ethics. Such a position statement cannot be ma

Debian "Position" on Software Patents

2012-04-11 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Hi, in February, Stefano Zacchiroli added a document titled "Debian Position on Software Patents" to our website: http://www.debian.org/legal/patent This document includes both a position and a policy regarding software patents. It states: 1. Debian will not knowingly

Re: Debian Position on Software Patents

2012-02-22 Thread MJ Ray
Filipus Klutiero > Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > Debian Position on Software Patents > Thanks. But where was this "position"/policy discussed? I think it was mainly discussed between DPL and lawyers, and DPL and interested developers who contacted him. There were s

Re: Debian Position on Software Patents

2012-02-21 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: The Debian Projecthttp://www.debian.org/ Debian Position on Software Patents pr...@lists.debian.org February 19th, 2012http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120219