Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 09:58:50AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: > > You have to take it out of whatever Debian distributes. I can > > download the the .orig.tar.gz file, so it can't be in that. Even if > > the .diff.gz takes it out. > > Hmm, but why? You're explicitly allowed to describe how a patented > algorithm works, that's the whole point of patents. And source code > is just a detailed description of how the algorithm works. > > Are you talking about distributability or about freeness?
I'm talking about distributability. You are not allowed to distribute an implementation of a patent. The code is an implementation of that patent. We can argue whether that makes sense, but that is my understanding of the law. Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
