Re: Bug#666010: ITP: nvidia-texture-tools -- image processing and texture manipulation tools
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Lennart Weller l...@ring0.de 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
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 christofer.c.b...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Lennart Weller l...@ring0.de 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
