| Florian Weimer 2004-12-27, 5:52 pm |
| * Ron Johnson:
>
> So, in addition to non-US, now we need non-EU !! 
MP3 is so thoroughly patent-encumbered that Debian really shouldn't
encourage anyone to distribute binary packages.
The concept of non-* is a questionable one since the crypto issues has
been resolved. For a start, most US software patents have JP
equivalents, so non-US is a misnomer. What's worse, Debian doesn't
have a convincing policy with respect to software patents. This is
not really Debian's fault because the whole patent area is so murky
and lacks clear answers (even if you pay $$$ to patent lawyers), but
it's annoying nevertheless.
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