According to the authors of Moonlight [1], this software is covered by patents owned by Microsoft, which has rules specificaly forbidding re-distribution to parties that are "Downstream recipients" [2].
This seems to indicate it would be illegal for Debian developers in the US to: - Use Moonlight in their browsers (thereby becoming "downstream recipients"). - Upload new versions of the package. at the same time (though apparently they can do either of these activities as long as they don't do both at the same time). Please have this discussed/clarified in debian-legal as well. [1] In http://groups.google.com/group/tiraniaorg-blog-comments/browse_thread/thread/2a07b8b50038d8c8/d582162af2d63d57 de Icaza states that you need to "get/download Moonlight from Novell which will include patent coverage" [2] http://www.microsoft.com/interop/msnovellcollab/moonlight.mspx -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
