On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:43:45AM -0500, Alejandro Forero Cuervo wrote:
> > The fact that your country isn't the ONLY one on Earth and that each one
> > has it's own laws?
> 
> This is irrelevant.  If you want to disagree, name one country where
> the laws allow a patent holder to require a license from those who
> distribute inventions where the patent doesn't apply.
> 
> > And Debian isn't a company or corporation. Therefore Debian has less
> > to worry about by doing so. Novell is a business, they have to
> > actually worry about these types of things.
> 
> There are many corporations who distribute Debian or derivatives and
> work on their creation.  They are businesses.  They have to worry
> about those things just as much as Novell does.  Some example ones are
> Progeny and Canonical.  Just because you don't know about them doesn't
> mean they don't exist.

I do know about them, but you see, that's not the problem. Even a guy from
RedHat asked you to confirm that and I don't see MP3s in Fedora today. The
fact remains, DEBIAN IS NOT A BUSINESS. Novell, is.

> 
> > >   http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/30321
> > 
> > I bet I could find news reports saying they found intelligent life once at
> > a Republican convention. Doesn't make it true.
> 
> Yes, whatever.
> 
> I would invite others to actually read the article; it does include a
> statement by Thomson explaining their policy.
> 
> Alejo.
> http://azul.freaks-unidos.net/
> 
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