Re: S3TC patent violation in multiple packages?

Julien Cristau writes: > Lots of stuff is covered by US patents. > > Debian mostly disregards patents which aren't actively enforced, I > don't think we should care about this until/unless the patent holder > comes and threatens us. Yes. More broadly, and in line with the Debian social contract,

Re: S3TC patent violation in multiple packages?

On 27/12/10 15:41, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 00:52:36 +, Wols Lists wrote: > >> Any attempt to sue a European distributor would hopefully (a) get shut >> down damn fast, and (b) be a painful experience for the plaintiff. >> > Sounds like wishful thinking to me. > Depends w

Re: S3TC patent violation in multiple packages?

Le samedi 25 décembre 2010 à 13:58 +0100, Rudolf Polzer a écrit : > the S3TC texture compression scheme is covered by an US patent, as described > in > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/2010-March/005439.html > > The following Debian packages in "main" seem to contain S3TC decompress

Re: S3TC patent violation in multiple packages?

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 00:52:36 +, Wols Lists wrote: > Any attempt to sue a European distributor would hopefully (a) get shut > down damn fast, and (b) be a painful experience for the plaintiff. > Sounds like wishful thinking to me. Cheers, Julien signature.asc Description: Digital signat