> That's not so beyond: you should be shure that the package you are building > is compliant to our DFSG and that is not violating any patent or
> copyright. That mean you should inspect any file in the source. And I should cross-reference every line in the source against every existing patent. Where can I find a list of such patents? Have you got some method of checking which patents are relevant? For example, there exist a patent for 'accessing computers remotely', I can't possibly find relevance by looking at every file in the source, but by looking at bigger picture it's obvious that i am violating such patent by using ssh or telnet or rssh ( and also by using infrared keyboard ). This means that I have to understand every existing patent quite intimately, and also it means that I have to understand every single algorithm used in my package. I won't be able to do that in my lifetime. How did you go about locating patents relevant to your packages? Are there some techniques, automated tools that could make this doable? > > about locating software patents in every country that uses such patents? > Uploading to non-us is not a solution. You should contact and work with the > author. Author of patent? -- Dariush Pietrzak, She swore and she cursed, that she never would deceive me Key fingerprint = 40D0 9FFB 9939 7320 8294 05E0 BCC7 02C4 75CC 50D9