On 12-03-24 at 11:06am, Andres Mejia wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 6:49 AM, Luca Falavigna
> wrote:
> > Copyright says:
> >
> > "Those intending to use this software module in hardware or
> > software products are advised that this use may infringe existing
> > patents."
> >
> > This confl
> Given there is uncertainty about whether a patent is infringed or now,
> would it be possible to ask upstream to drop that line from the
> copyright statement?
Unfortunately, the FAAC devs are not upstream to this code, it's
"property" of MPEG. And the last sentence of the statement is "This
cop
Sorry for the delay in answering to this mail!
2012/3/24 Andres Mejia :
> I read the policy statement, but it's not clear to me how policy
> statement 1 applies to this line. The copyright disclaimer above says
> "...this use *may* infringe existing patents." This doesn't make it
> clear that this
Am 24.03.2012 16:06, schrieb Andres Mejia:
I read the policy statement, but it's not clear to me how policy
statement 1 applies to this line. The copyright disclaimer above says
"...this use *may* infringe existing patents." This doesn't make it
clear that this software module *does* or *does not
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 6:49 AM, Luca Falavigna wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Copyright says:
>
> "Those intending to use this software module in hardware or software
> products are advised that this use may infringe existing patents."
>
> This conflicts with http://www.debian.org/legal/patent, Policy statem
Hi!
Copyright says:
"Those intending to use this software module in hardware or software
products are advised that this use may infringe existing patents."
This conflicts with http://www.debian.org/legal/patent, Policy statement §1.
Cheers,
Luca
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