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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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