Richard Spindler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But in my opinion this is to little of a statement. I believe that > whenever a package is removed from the repos, there should at least be > a list of the incedents that lead to the opinion that the affected > package needed to be removed. [...]
If they can be made public safely, I think they would be in the removal request bug. The biggest problem is if a patent-aggressor requires silence as part of the settlement, saying they'll sue for past crimes if it's made public. > Unfortunatly all I know about these 'histories of active enforcement' > is from rumours, and from people whose opinions are partly shaped by > 'FUD' I am afraid. [...] That is unfortunate. Have you tried looking into the famous software patents at http://swpat.ffii.org/ for example or are you looking for debian package examples in particular? > Does anyone know who is the person responsbile for such decisions, or > who is familiar with how a process to verify the removal of packages > due to the above mentioned reasons could be set up to fit into the > debian community process? I think maintainers and ftp-masters are responsible for decisions to remove; and I think verification is already part of the process, but note that a package simply becoming no fun to maintain because of patent threats can result in a reason for removal (no maintainer), too. Hope that helps, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
