Re: Bug#666010: ITP: nvidia-texture-tools -- image processing and texture manipulation tools
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Lennart Weller wrote: >> Am 28.03.2012 01:01, schrieb Ben Hutchings: >>> >>> Since you've accepted as fact that this software infringes those >>> patents, it looks like you're about to violate item 1 of the Debian >>> patent policy. >>> >>> Ben. >>> >> S3TC is not actively enforced by S3. And I took this thread [1] as a >> reference to create the ITP anyway. According to this thread from 2010 >> there are at least three other projects already using the S3TC >> algorithms. And there is more than one project which depends on this >> package. e.g. 0ad and wine >> >> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/12/msg00062.html > > I think Ben's point is that the Debian Patent Policy[1] was published > on February 19, 2012, and therefore would supersede any previous > consensus regarding the inclusion of patent encumbered software where > the included patents are not being actively enforced. > > Personally, I agree with the posters in the thread you cited[2]. If > this is going to be the project's official position, it may as well > close shop. > > [1] http://www.debian.org/legal/patent > [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/12/msg00062.html Folks, I apologize. I posted this to the wrong list. -- Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caoevnyvusexlyb_stu4zxmih_pia0+etu9r2pjkyz6wwjme...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Bug#666010: ITP: nvidia-texture-tools -- image processing and texture manipulation tools
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Lennart Weller wrote: > Am 28.03.2012 01:01, schrieb Ben Hutchings: >> >> Since you've accepted as fact that this software infringes those >> patents, it looks like you're about to violate item 1 of the Debian >> patent policy. >> >> Ben. >> > S3TC is not actively enforced by S3. And I took this thread [1] as a > reference to create the ITP anyway. According to this thread from 2010 > there are at least three other projects already using the S3TC > algorithms. And there is more than one project which depends on this > package. e.g. 0ad and wine > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/12/msg00062.html I think Ben's point is that the Debian Patent Policy[1] was published on February 19, 2012, and therefore would supersede any previous consensus regarding the inclusion of patent encumbered software where the included patents are not being actively enforced. Personally, I agree with the posters in the thread you cited[2]. If this is going to be the project's official position, it may as well close shop. [1] http://www.debian.org/legal/patent [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/12/msg00062.html -- Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caoevnyubhg1a1oar-cttvbz4-an712v8glxtwa0hwtu9vvf...@mail.gmail.com
