Le jeudi 12 avril 2012 à 19:07 +0530, dE . a écrit : > I'm very much unhappy with the policies put down here, looking at the > amount of patents Microsoft is holding, it making developing any > software a challenge; that results in the Debian repos being > --emtpy--.
For the - at least - 15th time, this is NOT what the position means. No software in Debian is *known* to be infringing on Microsoft patents. Regardless of the claims of either Microsoft or the morons at boycottnovell. > As a result I suggest, restricting the download and hosting of such > software in the US.. since software patents practically only apply to > the US, and until such laws are removed (which's basically a > restriction of what you write in a text editor), the people of the US > should be faced with such inconvenience. And for at least the 15th too, this is not a US-only problem (although the US patent office is known to do a much worse job than others at checking for validity of submitted patents). -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1334240638.3950.135.camel@pi0307572
