MJ Ray wrote: >On 2004-07-12 17:29:17 +0100 Matthew Garrett ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> MJ Ray wrote: >>> http://perens.com/Articles/Termination.html >> Surely GPL 7 causes the same problem (admittedly under a different set >> of circumstances)? > >Is that arbitrary?
Enforcement (or lack thereof) of a patent is arbitrary, yes. >>> It's also a practical difficulty, as we hope to be able to archive >>> debian >>> releases in their released state: >>> http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/ >> Which is also a problem if a patent becomes actively enforced having >> been previously docile. > >So, is this practical difficulty already solved? Where has it been >discussed before? I'm failing to find it in lists searches, given what >hot topics patents have been. Packages get removed from stable due to patent awkwardness. If they're not removed from archive.debian.org then that's probably a bug. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
