Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Perhaps instead of trying to come with a hierarchical classification, > we should simply expose what we know about patents and any other > distribution issue in a machine readable way. > > What a bout a debian/distribution or debian/copyright2 file which would > expose patents information? e.g.: > Country: fr > Patent numbers: 1234, 5678 > Distribution-allowed: no > Usage-allowed: yes > Risk of prosecution[company, gvt, non-profit]: yes > Risk of prosecution[user]: no > etc.
I would be very uncomfortable trying to fill out something that specific. It looks remarkably like legal advice that I'm not qualified to give or judge. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]