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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?</H1>
<B>Anssi Hannula</B>
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<I>Tue Jul 12 12:48:50 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On 12.07.2011 04:42, andre999 wrote:
><i> Romain d'Alverny a écrit :
</I>>><i> Speaking of the software patent stuff, the Debian Project just
</I>>><i> released a Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ here:
</I>>><i> <A HREF="http://www.debian.org/reports/patent-faq">http://www.debian.org/reports/patent-faq</A> (announce:
</I>>><i> <A HREF="http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110709">http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110709</A> ).
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</I>>><i> Romain
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Interesting reading.
</I>><i> Warning against paranoia regarding software patents.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> So maybe we should have a policy of putting packages in "tainted" for
</I>><i> patent reasons only after being notified by the patent holder ?
</I>
We are unlikely to be notified (Ubuntu/Debian hasn't been to my
knowledge), so that would effectively make "tainted" empty.
><i> Or some other significant factor regarding actual willingness to attempt
</I>><i> to enforce ? Or actual validity ?
</I>><i> (In the few jurisdictions accepting software patents, of course.)
</I>
That is what is done. If there is a licensing program or past
enforcement, it is considered as "tainted".
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Anssi Hannula
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