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Re: ITP lame



Buddha Buck <bmbuck@14850.com> wrote:

> >I understand fully that using the name "non-US" for patent-encumbered
> >software is wrong. However, the machine pandora.debian.org is in an
> >excellent position to also host a "non-Software-Patents" section of the
> >archive, which can again be subdivided in main, contrib and non-free.
> 
> If we do that, I suggest that "non-Software-Patents" is a bad 
> name.  Perhaps "patented" is a better name.

Does it have to be tied to patent-problems?  What about a more general
section named (for example) "encumbered"?

It could then also be used for software with other sorts of local
problems -- like "indexed" games here in germany.

Lars


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