On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 04:06:02PM +0100, Philip Taylor wrote: > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Johan Van de Wauw > <johan.vandew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This might make it not suitable for main, since DXT seems to be patented: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=407561
There is no rule preventing software implementing patents from being included in main. > (I don't know what Debian's rules about patents are, but it looks like > there's already packages for e.g. libdevil which implements the same > compression format and isn't covered by anybody's patent license.) Actively enforced patents are forbidden, otherwise, ignored. ftpmaster make the call. -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100909155429.gb16...@deckard.alcopop.org
