Bug#665318: ITP: faac -- AAC audio encoder
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Fabian Greffrath fab...@greffrath.com wrote: Dear folks, Am 18.10.2012 10:23, schrieb Stefano Zacchiroli: The fact that it may infringe existing patents is not, per se, against the patent policy. In fact, that statement is true for every package in the archive: *alleged* sowftware patent violations can be found in almost any piece of software out there. Luca, can you please reconsider? should we try again to get faac into Debian? I've now polished the package a bit and uploaded it to NEW. Let's see what happens. -- regards, Reinhard ___ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
Bug#665318: ITP: faac -- AAC audio encoder
Dear folks, Am 18.10.2012 10:23, schrieb Stefano Zacchiroli: The fact that it may infringe existing patents is not, per se, against the patent policy. In fact, that statement is true for every package in the archive: *alleged* sowftware patent violations can be found in almost any piece of software out there. Luca, can you please reconsider? should we try again to get faac into Debian? - Fabian ___ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
Bug#665318: ITP: faac -- AAC audio encoder
Am 17.10.2012 18:37, schrieb Bob Bib: This package has been rejected by ftpmaster as violating Debian patents policy, but has the issue been reviewed by the Debain patent expert person, as described in the policy statements? Good question, but honestly I don't know the answer. Let's play the ball over to ftp-master. - Fabian http://www.debian.org/legal/patent 5. All communication related to specific patent risk should be directed to pate...@debian.org, which is maintained under the rules of attorney-client privilege. The risk will be evaluated and any necessary response will be made directly to affected parties. ___ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
Bug#665318: ITP: faac -- AAC audio encoder
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 09:13:06AM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: Am 17.10.2012 18:37, schrieb Bob Bib: This package has been rejected by ftpmaster as violating Debian patents policy, but has the issue been reviewed by the Debain patent expert person, as described in the policy statements? Good question, but honestly I don't know the answer. The fact that it may infringe existing patents is not, per se, against the patent policy. In fact, that statement is true for every package in the archive: *alleged* sowftware patent violations can be found in almost any piece of software out there. Luca, can you please reconsider? -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club » signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
Bug#665318: ITP: faac -- AAC audio encoder
Package: wnpp Followup-For: Bug #665318 This package has been rejected by ftpmaster as violating Debian patents policy, but has the issue been reviewed by the Debain patent expert person, as described in the policy statements? http://www.debian.org/legal/patent 5. All communication related to specific patent risk should be directed to pate...@debian.org, which is maintained under the rules of attorney-client privilege. The risk will be evaluated and any necessary response will be made directly to affected parties. ___ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
