Re: Could someone clarify this...

2007-06-30 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > > My understanding is that Debian declares a work non-free if a holder > > of a software idea patent is *actively enforcing* a patent that covers > > the work, such that Debian cannot distrigute the work as free > > software. > > Is there a known case

Re: Could someone clarify this...

2007-06-30 Thread Fabian Greffrath
> My understanding is that Debian declares a work non-free if a holder > of a software idea patent is *actively enforcing* a patent that covers > the work, such that Debian cannot distrigute the work as free > software. Is there a known case where a holder actively enforces a patent that covers M

Re: Could someone clarify this...

2007-06-28 Thread Ben Finney
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > I was just reading an interview[0] of someone from the 'Freetype' project > and he said: > ... > Also, I still don't understand why Debian and Ubuntu keep distributing > patent-infringing code in FreeType, while they keep MP3 and DVD playback > out of