Bug#509853: [Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#509853: description about IDEA is misleading on how patents work

2008-12-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 06:17:40PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > > On Saturday 27 December 2008 15:34, Robert Millan wrote: > > But based on the phrase we can tell that IDEA is patented in a number of > > countries.  Perhaps just saying that would be fine? > > I have reworded the phrase, it now

Bug#509853: [Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#509853: description about IDEA is misleading on how patents work

2008-12-27 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
tag 509853 pending thanks On Saturday 27 December 2008 15:34, Robert Millan wrote: > But based on the phrase we can tell that IDEA is patented in a number of > countries.  Perhaps just saying that would be fine? I have reworded the phrase, it now includes this statement. Thijs pgpXPVsVriWSe.p

Bug#509853: [Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#509853: description about IDEA is misleading on how patents work

2008-12-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:05:05PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > severity 509853 wishlist > thanks > > Hi Robert, > > On Saturday 27 December 2008 01:12, Robert Millan wrote: > > The description says that IDEA is "patented worldwide", but this is not > > legaly possible given that in most juris

Bug#509853: [Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#509853: description about IDEA is misleading on how patents work

2008-12-27 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
severity 509853 wishlist thanks Hi Robert, On Saturday 27 December 2008 01:12, Robert Millan wrote: > The description says that IDEA is "patented worldwide", but this is not > legaly possible given that in most jurisdictions algorithms are not > patentable. Natural language can be open to multip