>>>>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2021, Alec Warner wrote: > The devmanual discusses licensing as a core concept > (https://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/licenses/index.html) > but does not cover patents. My understanding is that we:
> - set RESTRICT=bindist when we are unable to redistribute binaries > (e.g. due to a license or patent restriction.) > - set RESTRICT=mirror when we are unable to redistribute source code > (e.g. due to a license of patent restriction.) IANAL, but IIUC patents only apply to programs that can run on a computer. This is the case for binaries but not for source code. In other words, we don't need mirror restriction for source tarballs because of patents. > - Sometimes, we remove patent encumbered source code from packages > (e.g. with USE=bindist) so that we can build redistributable binaries > with the patented features removed. We do, but normally this doesn't prevent us from distributing the source code. > Could we add some text to the license concepts covering patents? It > seems to have been omitted? > Is my understanding of how we manage patented software correct?
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