On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 02:42:23PM +1300, Nick Phillips wrote: > It seems that what you are saying, then, is that we should completely > ignore any patent > issues until and unless we are prompted to do so by holders claiming > that we are infringing.
I'm just quoting from an article I read, which was written by someone who knows a lot more about patent law than I do. I believe your interpretation matches the general Debian position on patents. (I do agree that the patent system is a bad joke, but it's a joke at our expense ...) -- Glenn Maynard