On Tue, 10 Feb 2026, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Is that in effect? Under what authority? It looks like a random > webpage on debian.org without clear authorship or status.
It's documenting the legal advice on patents that Debian obtained. (If I remember correctly in consultation with the SFLC.[1,2]) Its purpose is to limit the risk to Debian as a whole from patents and provide appropriate legal avenues with attorney-client privilege to discuss specific issues about specific patents. > That Debian patent policy reads out of touch with todays reality IMHO. It's a baseline policy. There are probably some areas that we can improve the stance of the project and FOSS in general in the patent area, but it's challenging without a portfolio of patents and cash to spend on lawyers. [And even that would be risky, as that may increase our strategic exposure to patent related lawsuits.] If that's an area that you're interested in, worth talking to our friends in the SFLC and other free software distributions to figure out a strategy. 1: https://www.debian.org/reports/patent-faq 2: https://softwarefreedom.org/news/2011/aug/18/debian-patent-faq/ -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com You could say to the Universe this is not /fair/. And the Universe would say: Oh it isn't? Sorry. -- Terry Pratchett _Soul Music_ p357
