Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262734AbVDHMVA (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:21:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262791AbVDHMVA (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:21:00 -0400 Received: from gate.firmix.at ([80.109.18.208]:27626 "EHLO gate.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262734AbVDHMUv (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:20:51 -0400 Subject: Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice. From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Humberto Massa Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4256745B.2020409@almg.gov.br> References: <4256745B.2020409@almg.gov.br> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Message-Id: <1112962835.5387.5.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.5.5 Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:20:35 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1559 Lines: 39 On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 09:08 -0300, Humberto Massa wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > >Debian doesn't seem to care much about the possible legal problems of > >patents. You have lots of "possible legal problems" of any kind. Basically everyone can sue you for (almost) whatever he wants almost all ofth time. > The possible legal problem of software patents is, up to the present > time, AFAICT, not producing effects yet in Europe, and is a non-problem It is starting now. Basically the corporations with the masses of software patents and patent lawyers are probably waiting for the settling of the discussion and the ratification of the relevant to-be-accepted laws. And the war is not over yet ... In fact software patents are real in EUrope and they exist (though illegally). Up to now it was a question of whether you can succeed in court with them and which courts to go .... > in jurisdictions like mine (down here neither business methods nor > software are patentable). I suspect that .br is commercially not relevant enough for this ATM. Or the legislation is already USPTO-conform in place and nobody knows ..... Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/