Peter Dolding <oia...@gmail.com> wrote: [...] > In fact the head of Microsoft has said That only Novell and other > people who have signed agreements is protected. So all the class > libraries of mono need to move to the restricted section. Hopefully > this will push the .Net wanting people to get clarification of the > patent status. [...]
"restricted section"? I think that's confusing debian with another distribution that has a restricted component (rhymes with bizar-roo). I think the usual decision is that we'll (re)move it when some people demonstrate an actual patent problem for our users. It's nearly impossible for us to decide whether a patent applies and it is in the interests of most patent holders to exaggerate their scope. Hope that explains, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
