Re: exFAT fuse driver and the patent situation

2012-01-02 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Mon, Jan 02, 2012 at 01:34:06PM +0100, Frank Lanitz wrote: > Am 30.12.2011 10:47, schrieb Sven Hoexter: Hi, > As I've learned a couple or hours ago there is a package inside Ubuntu > PPA avaialble for exFAT drivers as well as utils. Maybe you can use it > as base. Yeah I know. I did it from s

Re: exFAT fuse driver and the patent situation

2012-01-02 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Jan 02, 2012 at 01:18:23PM +0100, Sven Hoexter wrote: > In the end I'm not concerned about myself or the Debian project > but our users building commercial products on top of Debian. > Seems to be a very thin line between supporting our users and > creating a complicated trap for others. :(

Re: exFAT fuse driver and the patent situation

2012-01-02 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 30.12.2011 10:47, schrieb Sven Hoexter: > due to demand by a coworker I've taken #625611 and started to prepare > a package for the exFAT fuse driver and the utils package. As I've learned a couple or hours ago there is a package inside Ubuntu PPA avaialble for exFAT drivers as well as utils. M

Re: exFAT fuse driver and the patent situation

2012-01-02 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 09:47:44PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: Hi, > You may want to take a look at the Community Distribution Patent > Policy FAQ, prepared for Debian by the SFLC: > > http://www.debian.org/reports/patent-faq thanks, that's worth reading. In the end I'm not concerned about myself

Re: exFAT fuse driver and the patent situation

2011-12-30 Thread Paul Wise
You may want to take a look at the Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ, prepared for Debian by the SFLC: http://www.debian.org/reports/patent-faq IIRC the DPL is working on more patent related stuff too. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-de

Re: exFAT fuse driver and the patent situation

2011-12-30 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 30, Sven Hoexter wrote: > due to demand by a coworker I've taken #625611 and started to prepare > a package for the exFAT fuse driver and the utils package. Debian, as policy, ignores patents which are not being actively and widely enforced. So feel free to upload. -- ciao, Marco sign

exFAT fuse driver and the patent situation

2011-12-30 Thread Sven Hoexter
Hi, (if unsure please CC me on replies, I'm not subscribed to -legal) due to demand by a coworker I've taken #625611 and started to prepare a package for the exFAT fuse driver and the utils package. Currently I hesitate to upload it and place the package on Debian infrastructure (as in moving it