Steve Langasek wrote: > "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.
I'm talking specifically to *this* package. Konami has patented the various game plays and game designs per se, additionally Konami is actively enforcing their patents. Please read #301527. As we talked a few days ago about the issue, Guerkan said to me that he didn't found *any* patent claims by Konami in US at all, which is not true. Therefore I had the impression he didn't check or queried wrong the database. > If there are images that have been copied from some other game into this > package, that is a *copyright* issue, not a patent one. As I said multiple times, this bug is *only* about patents, *not* about copyright and/or trademarks, although people were still talking about that within the bug. However, Guerkan and I are looking through the patent claims. You may give us some days and we will clear the situation, thank you. -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
