(Sorry about breaking the threading, I haven't yet received Spot's original to reply to.) On Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:07:01 -0500 Spot wrote: > > Linking to "third party repositories": Legal says that we can link, > from the Fedora website, to third party repositories, so long as no > one has made a critical assessment to determine that a patent or > patents cover the technology in question ... Please define 'critical assessment' and the kind of person qualified to make it. ISTM that many people in Fedora have assessed if a piece of software is presenting technical capabilities that may be covered by a patent. Examples of this abound and are regularly linked to. None of the authors are lawyers. So is that the line? Just don't hire a lawyer to determine if package $FOO may infringe on a patent or patents? - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, Developer Community Mgr. Dev Fu : http://developer.redhatmagazine.com Fedora : http://quaid.fedorapeople.org gpg key : AD0E0C41
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