In the case of the Unisys LZW patent, it only applies to the encoder. The
decoder is straight LZ. I also suspect the patent is close to the end of its
term.
Bruce
Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> How does the patented technology in bladeenc affect Debian more than the
> patented technology in gimp-nonfree? Does some sort of universal grant of
> rights apply to the LZW patent that is not present for the mp3 technology in
> bladeenc? I'm confused
On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 02:32:03PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 02:10:40PM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> > Here's the contents of the copyright file I prepared:
> >
> > It was downloaded from
> > <http://home.swipnet.se/~w-82
he next
> > few days, apply my patch to debianize it on pandora, and place the results
> > in incoming on that machine.
> >
> > Here's the contents of the copyright file I prepared:
> >
> > It was downloaded from
> > <http://home.swipnet.se/~w-8
On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 10:47:22AM +1000, Martin Pool wrote:
> Brian Ristuccia wrote:
>
> > We should really have a Debian package header like
> > Prohibited-By-Thought-Police-In: with a list of ISO country codes to prevent
> > mirrors in non-free countries from picking up these packages if we kn
Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> We should really have a Debian package header like
> Prohibited-By-Thought-Police-In: with a list of ISO country codes to prevent
> mirrors in non-free countries from picking up these packages if we know the
> software is prohibited there. Otherwise, I think the only othe
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 05:22:28PM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> > That's fine except that you were not the one who ITP'd it first.
>
> I can't find any intent to package bladeenc messages in the past 3 months of
> the debian-devel archives. If someone else is
hough.
> >
> > As soon as I figure out how to use dupload, it should be there.
>
> That's fine except that you were not the one who ITP'd it first.
>
I can't find any intent to package bladeenc messages in the past 3 months of
the debian-devel archives. If
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 03:26:07PM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> > The Netherlands, which should be safe. I'm not sure how having an mp3-encode
> > on non-US will influence our mirrors though.
>
> As soon as I figure out how to use dupload, it should be there.
That's fine except that you were
On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 05:25:03PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> > My question is, do we have a server in a country where this package could be
> > hosted? Sweeden is safe. Australia might be. Germany is probably not. Where
> > is non-us currently located?
>
Previously Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> My question is, do we have a server in a country where this package could be
> hosted? Sweeden is safe. Australia might be. Germany is probably not. Where
> is non-us currently located?
The Netherlands, which should be safe. I'm not sure how having an mp3-encode
Bladeenc, a mpeg1/2 layer 3 encoder has been recently released under the
LGPL. After investigation, the author has found that Thompson's and
Franhauffer's patent claims do not apply to him in his home country.
My question is, do we have a server in a country where this package could
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