Eric Smith wrote: > IANAL, but multiple lawyers have told me that it is generally a bad idea > to go looking for patents, at least in the US. If they're brought to your > attention, you should probably do whatever is necessary to avoid them, but > you shouldn't actively seek them out, even just to try to confirm that > you're not using anything patented. Hunting for patents is one thing (I wouldn't recommend it either), but looking for obviously patent-encumbered stuff (like MP3 codecs) is another. Kevin Kofler -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct