On 2016-06-01, Erwan David wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed a testing in a VM, with KDE. I have a french keyboard
> wich works in console and once kde is started. However, sddm uses a
> US keyboard mapping. Switching to theme Circle, I can see that it is
> the only mapping proposed. What
Hi,
I just installed a testing in a VM, with KDE. I have a french keyboard wich
works in console and once kde is started.
However, sddm uses a US keyboard mapping. Switching to theme Circle, I can see
that it is the only mapping proposed.
What can the problem be, and how can I change/add
Chris Jones ha scritto:
[...]
> Get:1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates Release.gpg [189B]
[...]
> Get:2 http://mirror.pacific.net.au stable Release.gpg [386B]
[...]
> #deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ stable main
I suggest you to substitute "stable" with "etch" in "sources.list" or
yo
On Sat,22.Nov.08, 10:12:48, Chris Jones wrote:
> So, it looks like I was still using the keyring from before etch went
> stable (?)
Yeap. Any idea why?
> What's the purpose of 'apt-key update'?
Hhmm, the manpage is not very verbose. Anyway, if debian-archive-keyring
is up-to-date you shouldn
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 09:42:23AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote:
[..]
> You are missing this key:
>
> pub 1024D/ADB11277 2006-09-17
> uid Etch Stable Release Key <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Please post the output of 'dpkg -l debian-archive-keyring'
before:
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On Sat,22.Nov.08, 09:31:11, Chris Jones wrote:
> W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
> B5D0C804ADB11277
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
>
>
> I'm a unclear as to w
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 08:17:44AM EST, John Hasler wrote:
> CJ writes:
> > I have a feeling I just need to remove references to non-us mirrors in
> > /etc/sources.list and run apt-get update but I don't want to hose my
> > debian system either.
>
> Just remove th
CJ writes:
> I have a feeling I just need to remove references to non-us mirrors in
> /etc/sources.list and run apt-get update but I don't want to hose my
> debian system either.
Just remove the references to non-us. The law changed years ago.
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explain what I
> > > should do to fix this.
> >
> > yes, it was in the release notes for sarge:
> > http://www.debian.org/releases/oldstable/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#s-non-us
Looks good to me ..
Since they don't mentions anything else apart from r
On Sat,22.Nov.08, 08:00:14, Chris Jones wrote:
> Installed etch about 2 years ago .. and I'm pretty sure my sources.list
> is the one that was generated when I did the install.
>
> That's why I posted.
Nope, non-us was deprecated for sarge.
> Couldn't f
g/releases/oldstable/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#s-non-us
>
> Since sarge, non-us is obsoleted, and packages which previously were
> there, moved into regular archive. So you doesn't need non-US anymore.
>
> Kind regards
> Salvatore
Kind regards
Salvatore
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On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 07:53:18AM EST, Micha wrote:
> It doesn't exist anymore for new releases for quite some time now. unless you
> installed a very long time ago things from non-us that were deprecated since
> then you can safely remove it (and I double that there are
It doesn't exist anymore for new releases for quite some time now. unless you
installed a very long time ago things from non-us that were deprecated since
then you can safely remove it (and I double that there are such packages,
certainly nothing important)
On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:41:33
his and explain what I
should do to fix this.
I have a feeling I just need to remove references to non-us mirrors in
/etc/sources.list and run apt-get update but I don't want to hose my
debian system either.
Thanks!
CJ
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Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> Joe Hart wrote:
>> Jochen Schulz wrote:
>>> Correct. And on the EU level they are even discussing to make
>>> a similar law obligatory for all member states.
>> The EU is not a body (yet) that can enforce laws. Therefore,
>> the
Joe Hart wrote:
> Jochen Schulz wrote:
>> Correct. And on the EU level they are even discussing to make
>> a similar law obligatory for all member states.
>
> The EU is not a body (yet) that can enforce laws. Therefore,
> they cannot mandate laws.
Correct me if I am wrong, please, but I believe J
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Jochen Schulz wrote:
> Dave Ewart:
>> On Tuesday, 06.03.2007 at 10:48 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
>>
>>> It it my understanding (which may be obsolete or even simply
>>> erroneous) that in Germany computer games are not to be made available
>>> to childr
Dave Ewart:
> On Tuesday, 06.03.2007 at 10:48 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
>
>> It it my understanding (which may be obsolete or even simply
>> erroneous) that in Germany computer games are not to be made available
>> to children unless they have been approved and that the approval costs
>> money.
T
On Tuesday, 06.03.2007 at 10:48 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > _Similar_ reasons. Germany, for example, has a licensing law for
> > games (unless it has been repealed recently).
>
> Johannes writes:
> > Germany has a licensing law for free software games?
>
> It it my understanding (which may be
I wrote:
> _Similar_ reasons. Germany, for example, has a licensing law for games
> (unless it has been repealed recently).
Johannes writes:
> Germany has a licensing law for free software games?
It it my understanding (which may be obsolete or even simply erroneous)
that in Germany computer gam
John Hasler wrote:
>> (Aside: ``non-DE''? I thought the EU has so far staved off the
>> software-patent idiocy.)
>
> _Similar_ reasons. Germany, for example, has a licensing law for games
> (unless it has been repealed recently).
Germany has a licensing law for free software games? I never thou
I wrote:
> Then for similar reasons we'll need non-JP, non-DE, non-AU...
Max Hyre writes:
> Good point. Let me amend that to suggest the [non-patent] distribution.
> (Aside: ``non-DE''? I thought the EU has so far staved off the
> software-patent idiocy.)
_Similar_ reasons. Germany, for examp
John Hasler wrote:
> Max Hyre writes:
>> Given the status of software patents, though, it might be time to revive
>> [non-US].
>
> Then for similar reasons we'll need non-JP, non-DE, non-AU...
Good point. Let me amend that to suggest the [non-patent] distribution.
roval of; deplore".
>>
>> In computer terminology, deprecated features are those which *still
>> exist* but that the "vendor" do not want you to use anymore.
>
> Effectively, non-US hasn't been updat
rding to "dict deprecate", the roots of deprecate (de- +
> precari) mean "to avert by prayer". The WordNet definition is
> "express strong disapproval of; deplore".
>
> In computer terminology, deprecated features are those which *still
> exist* but that the
ing changed recently? Where is debian-non-US?
>>> Due to changes in US law it was eliminated some time ago.
>> Yet another exaple of enforcing US law to the rest of the world!
>>
> What are you talking about? The law was a US law dealing with US
> citizens or residents
Andras Lorincz writes:
> Has something changed recently? Where is debian-non-US?
I wrote:
> Due to changes in US law it was eliminated some time ago.
idsvp-helga writes:
> Yet another exaple of enforcing US law to the rest of the world!
ROFL.
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On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 10:24:31PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:28:15PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> >
> > Andras Lorincz writes:
> > > Has something changed recently? Where is debian-non-US?
> >
> > Due to changes in US
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:28:15PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
>
> Andras Lorincz writes:
> > Has something changed recently? Where is debian-non-US?
>
> Due to changes in US law it was eliminated some time ago.
Yet another exaple of enforcing US law to the rest of the world!
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 03:55:56PM -0500, Max Hyre wrote:
> John Hasler wrote:
>
> > Due to changes in US law it was eliminated some time ago.
>
>The changes removed restrictions preventing citizens of the land of
> the free from sending strong crypto out of the country.
>
Actually, the spec
Max Hyre writes:
> Given the status of software patents, though, it might be time to revive
> [non-US].
Then for similar reasons we'll need non-JP, non-DE, non-AU...
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John Hasler wrote:
> Due to changes in US law it was eliminated some time ago.
The changes removed restrictions preventing citizens of the land of
the free from sending strong crypto out of the country.
Given the status of software patents, though, it might be time to
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On 03/03/07 13:47, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 14:39 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 02:36:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
>>> It has been deprecated since Woody became oldstable, or exactly the same
>>> time
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On 03/03/07 13:28, John Hasler wrote:
> Andras Lorincz writes:
>> Has something changed recently? Where is debian-non-US?
>
> Due to changes in US law it was eliminated some time ago.
Specifically, liberalizations made i
On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 14:39 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 02:36:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
> >
> > It has been deprecated since Woody became oldstable, or exactly the same
> > time Sarge became stable.
> >
> I don't think it was deprecated. I think it just went
Andras Lorincz writes:
> Has something changed recently? Where is debian-non-US?
Due to changes in US law it was eliminated some time ago.
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On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 02:36:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
>
> It has been deprecated since Woody became oldstable, or exactly the same
> time Sarge became stable.
>
I don't think it was deprecated. I think it just went away.
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On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 21:02 +0200, Andras Lorincz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using testing and since a few days I get errors like
>
> /debian-non-US/dists/testing/non-US/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No
> such file or directory.
>
> Has something changed recently? Where i
Hi,
I'm using testing and since a few days I get errors like
/debian-non-US/dists/testing/non-US/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No
such file or directory.
Has something changed recently? Where is debian-non-US?
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On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 02:47:28PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Really? I heard him interviewed on the radio within the last
> week. Do you know the outcome?
The Navy Lieutenant declared victory, even though the Navy didn't change its
policy.
http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20060107-110
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 16:31 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Ron Johnson writes:
> > Why is it that thugs can extort protection money from small business
> > owners? Because to those businessmen, the pain of losing that business
> > which his life is poured into, and which supports his family is greate
Ron Johnson writes:
> Why is it that thugs can extort protection money from small business
> owners? Because to those businessmen, the pain of losing that business
> which his life is poured into, and which supports his family is greater
> than giving away some money.
Exactly. And so they choose
On Thursday, 12 January 2006 at 13:01:05 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 11:10 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > richard writes:
> > > Regrettably, the individuals who control armies and police forces make
> > > more difference.
> >
> > Armies and police forces consist of individuals
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 14:33 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Ron Johnson writes:
> > I don't know how it works in the post-modern EU, but in the rest of the
> > world, if you choose not to obey orders from the leaders you have sworn
> > to obey...
>
> _Chosen_ to swear to obey.
>
> > ...the coercive p
Ron Johnson writes:
> I don't know how it works in the post-modern EU, but in the rest of the
> world, if you choose not to obey orders from the leaders you have sworn
> to obey...
_Chosen_ to swear to obey.
> ...the coercive power of the state lands full square on your shoulders.
The individual
Carl Fink wrote:
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 01:54:03PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
Well, since we are in FULL TOPIC DRIFT MODE, there is a Navy
chaplain who is on hunger strike here in the USA because he
has been ordered not to pray in public in uniform "in the name
of Jesus Christ". He claims tha
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 01:54:03PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Well, since we are in FULL TOPIC DRIFT MODE, there is a Navy
> chaplain who is on hunger strike here in the USA because he
> has been ordered not to pray in public in uniform "in the name
> of Jesus Christ". He claims that this is not
Ron Johnson wrote:
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 11:10 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
richard writes:
Regrettably, the individuals who control armies and police forces make
more difference.
Armies and police forces consist of individuals who individually choose to
take individual actions.
I don't kno
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:40:19AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
> > John Hasler wrote:
> >> richard writes:
> >>> Regrettably, the individuals who control armies and police forces make
> >>> more difference.
> >> Armies and police forces consist of individuals who individually
> >
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 11:10 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> richard writes:
> > Regrettably, the individuals who control armies and police forces make
> > more difference.
>
> Armies and police forces consist of individuals who individually choose to
> take individual actions.
I don't know how it wor
Mike McCarty wrote:
> John Hasler wrote:
>> richard writes:
>>> Regrettably, the individuals who control armies and police forces make
>>> more difference.
>> Armies and police forces consist of individuals who individually
>> choose to
>> take individual actions.
> Thank you. Precisely my point.
John Hasler wrote:
richard writes:
Regrettably, the individuals who control armies and police forces make
more difference.
Armies and police forces consist of individuals who individually choose to
take individual actions.
Thank you. Precisely my point.
Mike
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> Regrettably, the individuals who control armies and police forces make
> more difference.
Armies and police forces consist of individuals who individually choose to
take individual actions.
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On Thursday, 12 January 2006 at 0:27:12 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> >On Thursday 12 January 2006 00:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
>
> [snip]
>
> >Touche', I had indeed momentarily forgotten that. I had also at the
> >time spoken rather pointedly to my senators and rep
On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 22:28 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Marty wrote:
> > John Hasler wrote:
> >
> >> I wrote:
> >>
> >>> A work that infringes a patent that is likely to be enforced against us
> >>> cannot be distributed at all.
> >>
> >>
> >> Marty writes:
> >>
[snip]
> >
> > If their laws have
Gene Heskett wrote:
On Thursday 12 January 2006 00:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
Touche', I had indeed momentarily forgotten that. I had also at the
time spoken rather pointedly to my senators and representatives about
the absurdity of it, and that it should be stepped on at the earl
On Thursday 12 January 2006 00:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Also, bear in mind that at one point, panama was our territory, but
>> I'm not sure if Noriega actually did some of his drug related stuff
>> while it was still our territory.
>
>No. Panama has been an independent nation since it seced
Mike McCarty wrote:
Gene Heskett wrote:
[snip]
Also, bear in mind that at one point, panama was our territory, but I'm
Nope. Never was. It was a part of Venezuela, and we helped it get
I can't believe I wrote that. It was *Colombia*, of course.
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Gene Heskett wrote:
On Wednesday 11 January 2006 23:31, Mike McCarty wrote:
loos wrote:
[snip]
Debian is international, but like any other person juridic or physic
it can be sued for infringe a law in the country where it infringes
this law.
Or even in other countries. Noriega was arreste
> Also, bear in mind that at one point, panama was our territory, but I'm
> not sure if Noriega actually did some of his drug related stuff while
> it was still our territory.
No. Panama has been an independent nation since it seceded from Colombia
in 1903. Perhaps you're referring to the Ca
an action as to remove vfat support from our OS. The camera
makers will of course drag this out till the friggin patent expires if
they can. So I'd suspect we'll have plenty of advance notice.
>> For example : the US had a law against exporting cryptography from
>> the US,
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:09:07 -0600
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Likewise, the "clean room" argument made above by Andrew is
inapplicable to a patent. What is covered by the patents I
read would (IMO) preclude anyone from creating LFN entries in a
FAT sty
, which he violated
in Panama. He was then transported from Panama by US forces, and tried
on US soil, and put into a US jail.
For example : the US had a law against exporting cryptography from the
US, there fore we needed non-US based servers for those products.
[snip]
I think my example is
Marty wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
I wrote:
A work that infringes a patent that is likely to be enforced against us
cannot be distributed at all.
Marty writes:
That sounds like a pretty subjective standard.
Yes.
Who decides what's "likely?" Who is "us"?
Debian.
Does "us" include
On Wednesday 11 January 2006 09:55 pm, Joey Hess wrote:
> Jason Michaelson wrote:
> > One thing that i find interesting about this is that if, indeed, the
> > patents only apply to using multiple directory entries on an "8.3" file
> > system to simulate long names (as appears to be the case), digit
Jason Michaelson wrote:
> One thing that i find interesting about this is that if, indeed, the
> patents only apply to using multiple directory entries on an "8.3" file
> system to simulate long names (as appears to be the case), digital cameras
> don't fall under the patent.
Personally, if som
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 03:26 +0100, Tokar wrote:
> Hal Vaughan a écrit :
>
> >But Zero-point energy works.
> >
> >I know it does.
> >
> >I saw Colonel Carter working with a zero-point module on Stargate SG1.
> >
> >Hal
> >
> >
> I saw her too, it's a huge power source. You can even create a vorte
Hal Vaughan a écrit :
But Zero-point energy works.
I know it does.
I saw Colonel Carter working with a zero-point module on Stargate SG1.
Hal
I saw her too, it's a huge power source. You can even create a vortex to
another galaxy.
Vincent
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I always thought of
it as international, possibly European.
Me too, which is why the non-US designation always seemed like such an anomaly.
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On Wednesday 11 January 2006 08:30 pm, loos wrote:
> Em Qua, 2006-01-11 às 17:16 -0500, Michael Marsh escreveu:
> > On 1/11/06, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > But you definitely have to come up with some soft of working
> > > implementation, be it hard- or software, I agree.
> >
> >
Em Qua, 2006-01-11 às 17:16 -0500, Michael Marsh escreveu:
> On 1/11/06, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > But you definitely have to come up with some soft of working
> > implementation, be it hard- or software, I agree.
>
> Actually, that requirement was dropped awhile ago. You only
ight be US-based? I always thought of
> it as international, possibly European.
Debian is international, but like any other person juridic or physic it
can be sued for infringe a law in the country where it infringes this
law.
For example : the US had a law against exporting cryptography from the
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 07:27:54PM -0500, Marty wrote:
> John Hasler wrote:
> >Marty writes:
> >>That sounds like a pretty subjective standard.
> >
> >Yes.
> >
> >>Who decides what's "likely?" Who is "us"?
> >
> >Debian.
> >
> >>Does "us" include billions of Chinese and Indians?
> >
> >US patents
John Hasler wrote:
I wrote:
A work that infringes a patent that is likely to be enforced against us
cannot be distributed at all.
Marty writes:
That sounds like a pretty subjective standard.
Yes.
Who decides what's "likely?" Who is "us"?
Debian.
Does "us" include billions of Chinese
he countries which
impose them should be designated "non-free" instead.
I don't understand what you mean by "...the countries which impose them
should be designated non-free..."
I mean that something is clearly non-free, and it's not always the software
license. The iss
http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/g120005.htm
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html
Patents protect inventions, and improvements to existing inventions. [0]
"any new and useful process, machine, manufacture..."
Copyrights protect literary, artistic, and musical works. [0]
http
On 1/11/06, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But you definitely have to come up with some soft of working
> implementation, be it hard- or software, I agree.
Actually, that requirement was dropped awhile ago. You only have to
roughly describe an implementation. There are actually a lot
Mike McCarty:
> >
> >No, you are confusing the patent system with copyright. A patent covers
> >*an idea*, not an implementation.
-- snip
> Ideas are not patentable (in the USA).
You are probably right, I must have confused this. Although I find the
distinction not to be easy, at least when softwa
quot; include billions of Chinese and Indians?
US patents have nothing to do with them. They have their own laws and will
have to make their own decisions.
> Furthermore, does this policy include patents from countries which admit
> that they have a broken patent system?*
What's that
One thing that i find interesting about this is that if, indeed, the patents
only apply to using multiple directory entries on an "8.3" file system to
simulate long names (as appears to be the case), digital cameras don't fall
under the patent. the dcf specifcation (http://www.exif.org/dcf.PDF)
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:09:07 -0600
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jochen Schulz wrote:
> > Andrew Sackville-West:
> >
>
> [snip]
>
> >
> >>If it applies to drivers, I think that linux FAT system is a
> >>clean-room creation and would probably be okay.
> >
> >
> > No, you are confu
Jochen Schulz wrote:
Andrew Sackville-West:
[snip]
If it applies to drivers, I think that linux FAT system is a
clean-room creation and would probably be okay.
No, you are confusing the patent system with copyright. A patent covers
*an idea*, not an implementation.
IANAL, but I did ta
Andrew Sackville-West:
> John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > No. The kernel probably infringes dozens, perhaps hundreds of
> > patents. Debian's policy is to ignore patents in the absence of
> > evidence that the owner is likely to enforce them on us.
>
> Unfortunately, my understand
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:55:52 -0600
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm sure the anit-monopoly guys will have something to say about this.
>
> A patent is a legal monopoly enforced by the courts.
The issue raised on /., that purveror of all great knowledge and wisdom, was
that a mono
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:01:54 -0500
Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Also, archive your debian box, then reformat and run windows
> until this issue is settled.
>
I've been looking for an excuse to do just that. Windows is clearly a superior
operating system. And now that "all out FAT belong to
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:41:57 -0600
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Which Patent? What is the date?
Stolen from Cnet talkback posting:
Thanks for the reply.
According to http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/tech/fat.asp they are
talking about 3 Patents
Andrew Sackville-West writes:
> ...my understanding is that M$ intends to enforce this patent.
They intend to enforce it against manufacturers of NVRAM storage devices:
there's money there.
> ...its not clear to me whether the patent applies to drivers or to the
> act of writing a FAT system.
It
is clearly non-free, and it's not always the software
license. The issue is what is the best way make this distinction?
For example, instead of a non-US repository, you could have a US repository
excluding all free software which is designated as illegal in the US, or
otherwise
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
Unfortunately, my understanding is that M$ intends to enforce this patent. and
its not clear to me whether the patent applies to drivers or to the act of
writing a FAT system. If it applies to drivers, I think that linux FAT system
is a clean-room creation and wou
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:41:57 -0600
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:29:10 -0600
> > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >
> >>hendrik writes:
> >>
> >>>Apparently there is now a patent on the FAT file system within the US,
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:29:10 -0600
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hendrik writes:
Apparently there is now a patent on the FAT file system within the US,
anyway. Do we have to rip it out of the kernel?
No (that patent is not new).
They can pry my FAT
cut-off linux.
Don't upgrade you're kernel until its settled...
A
>
> > Is it time to revive the non-US repository so that at least the rest or
> > the world can still transfer files between Linux and Windows?
>
> Don't forget non-DE as well.
> --
> Jo
e countries which
> impose them should be designated "non-free" instead.
I don't understand what you mean by "...the countries which impose them
should be designated non-free..."
> This raises another point which is unclear to me -- how much of the
> current "non-fr
I wrote:
> Don't forget non-DE as well.
Theo writes:
> Is there something specific about Germany ?
Games.
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Is it time to revive the non-US repository so that at least the rest or
the world can still transfer files between Linux and Windows?
Don't forget non-DE as well.
I never understood the reasoning for this approach. This divides free software
according to local ordinances. I
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John Hasler wrote:
> Don't forget non-DE as well.
Why de ?
AFAIK European Parliament rejected the proposed software patent
directive on 6 July 2005.
Is there something specific about Germany ?
cheers,
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rhaps hundreds of patents.
Debian's policy is to ignore patents in the absence of evidence that the
owner is likely to enforce them on us.
> Is it time to revive the non-US repository so that at least the rest or
> the world can still transfer files between Linux and Windows?
Do
See http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/01/11/0555252.shtml
Apparently there is now a patent on the FAT file system within the US,
anyway. Do we have to rip it out of the kernel? Do we have to stop
distributing the kernel until we've done so? Is it time to revive
the non-US repository so th
--- Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 04:38 -0700, Ibrahim Mubarak wrote:
> --snip--
> > For a few days now, I noticed that the non-US packages on the
> mirrors I
> > use for apt/aptitude/synaptic are unreachable. I use
> > ftp:/
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 04:38:17AM -0700, Ibrahim Mubarak wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am not sure I am posting in the right place, so please let me know if
> it is so. Thanks.
>
> For a few days now, I noticed that the non-US packages on the mirrors I
> use for apt/aptitude/syn
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