Joe Buck wrote:
>> IBM holds *so* many software patents (all invalid on their
>> faces, of course) that if it decided to enforce them, and was
>> successful, most of Debian would likely have to be removed.
>
> Many of IBM's patents are clearly valid according to US law;
OK, that may be true -- I
> IBM holds *so* many software patents (all invalid on their
> faces, of course) that if it decided to enforce them, and was
> successful, most of Debian would likely have to be removed.
Many of IBM's patents are clearly valid according to US law;
they are the result of real cutting-edge research
Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 08:57:39PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> as far as I understood, we probably need for the release of sarge at
>> least six more weeks, i.e. not before 4th July. Some packages are put
>> into non-free/contrib because they produce (direct or
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 12:30:59AM +1000, Pascal Hakim wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 08:52, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 08:15:12AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > > Considering that it doesn't look like the freeze is really going to
> > > take place any time soon,
> >
> > If
On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 08:52, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 08:15:12AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > Considering that it doesn't look like the freeze is really going to
> > take place any time soon,
>
> If the SC vote goes in such a way as to indicate that the project is
> happy
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040524 11:10]:
> On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 10:26:26AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040524 00:40]:
> > > On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 08:57:39PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > > > So, I would like to move these packages / programs
On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 10:26:26AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040524 00:40]:
> > On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 08:57:39PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > > So, I would like to move these packages / programs into main (more
> > > specifically, ppmtogif from netpbm-no
* Matthew Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040524 00:55]:
> Considering that it doesn't look like the freeze is really going to take
> place any time soon, I'd hold off until at least the US expiry of the patent
> before uploading. I doubt that there'll be any problems getting it in after
> that.
The
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040524 00:40]:
> On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 08:57:39PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > as far as I understood, we probably need for the release of sarge at
> > least six more weeks, i.e. not before 4th July. Some packages are put
> > into non-free/contrib because th
On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 08:15:12AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> Considering that it doesn't look like the freeze is really going to
> take place any time soon,
If the SC vote goes in such a way as to indicate that the project is
happy to release sarge in roughly its current state, I think we sho
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 08:57:39PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> So, I would like to move these packages / programs into main (more
> specifically, ppmtogif from netpbm-nonfree into netpbm-free, and file
> wishlist requests on the appropriate dependend packages). However, as
> the last expiry falls
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 08:57:39PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as far as I understood, we probably need for the release of sarge at
> least six more weeks, i.e. not before 4th July. Some packages are put
> into non-free/contrib because they produce (direct or indirect)
> gif-images, and
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