On 12.07.2011 04:42, andre999 wrote: > Romain d'Alverny a écrit : >> Speaking of the software patent stuff, the Debian Project just >> released a Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ here: >> http://www.debian.org/reports/patent-faq (announce: >> http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110709 ). >> >> Romain > > Interesting reading. > Warning against paranoia regarding software patents. > > So maybe we should have a policy of putting packages in "tainted" for > patent reasons only after being notified by the patent holder ?
We are unlikely to be notified (Ubuntu/Debian hasn't been to my knowledge), so that would effectively make "tainted" empty. > Or some other significant factor regarding actual willingness to attempt > to enforce ? Or actual validity ? > (In the few jurisdictions accepting software patents, of course.) That is what is done. If there is a licensing program or past enforcement, it is considered as "tainted". -- Anssi Hannula
