Re: Policy on code covered by patents but not compiled?

2005-12-22 Thread Raul Miller
On 12/16/05, Nathanael Nerode [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Consider the following situation: * Code (say MPEG encoder code) is considered to be covered by patents * Those patents are considered to be actively enforced * Code implementing an MPEG encoder is shipped in a source package * This code

FAQ: Topicality, was: Policy on code covered by patents but not compiled?

2005-12-19 Thread MJ Ray
Glenn Maynard On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 05:29:24PM -0500, Catatonic Porpoise wrote: Please publish essays of this nature somewhere else. I subscribe to this list for the legal discussions, not for moral lectures; [...] It's always fascinating when someone's first post to a list is to tell

Re: FAQ: Topicality, was: Policy on code covered by patents but not compiled?

2005-12-19 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 11:27:18AM +, MJ Ray wrote: Who cares how often they've posted when their complaint is just? I feel this thread borders on off-topic: it meets the legal part but not clearly the debian part. Personally, I killfile rather than complain too often about

Policy on code covered by patents but not compiled?

2005-12-16 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Consider the following situation: * Code (say MPEG encoder code) is considered to be covered by patents * Those patents are considered to be actively enforced * Code implementing an MPEG encoder is shipped in a source package * This code is not compiled or used, and the user is not encouraged to

Re: Policy on code covered by patents but not compiled?

2005-12-16 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On 12/16/05, Nathanael Nerode [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Consider the following situation: * Code (say MPEG encoder code) is considered to be covered by patents * Those patents are considered to be actively enforced * Code implementing an MPEG encoder is shipped in a source package * This code

Re: Policy on code covered by patents but not compiled?

2005-12-16 Thread Catatonic Porpoise
Gregory Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many people can not legally use the patented techniques. By making it easier to use the formats which require patented implementation (for both those who can use it legally, and for those who wish to ignore the law) creates an environment where use of

Re: Policy on code covered by patents but not compiled?

2005-12-16 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 05:29:24PM -0500, Catatonic Porpoise wrote: Please publish essays of this nature somewhere else. I subscribe to this list for the legal discussions, not for moral lectures; I prefer not to receive the latter in my mailbox. I will not comment on whether I agree with your