On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 10:05:11PM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Guerkan Senguen wrote: > > I have read them and I still disagree to you.
> Here is a short explaination, why I raised the severity again: > * A patent applies even if you don't know of it. This means, one have to > _first_ check all the patents, and _then_ upload/distribute a program. > Otherwise, one can be sued (in some countries and some circumstances). "First check all the patents" is a ridiculous assertion. Debian's de facto policy has been to ignore patents that are not being enforced in the field, or which we have a reasonable belief are invalid and would be overturned in court. It has also been claimed publically by various parties that looking at patents exposes people to greater liability than not looking at them. If there are images that have been copied from some other game into this package, that is a *copyright* issue, not a patent one. This is what I've seen asserted in this bug report and in the wnpp discussion under the guise of "patent"; if that's still what you're referring to, then yes, those are issues that need to be resolved. But unless you can point to a particular patent which is being enforced that is infringed by mazeofgalious, patents are a non-issue here. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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