Free Software audit update

Rahul sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Fri Aug 18 22:35:11 UTC 2006


José Matos wrote:
> On Friday 18 August 2006 22:59, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
>> Too bad. I'm working on getting a package (opendx) which depends on
>> openmotif into Extras. Any viable openmotif replacements?
> 
>   Unrelated to the subject discussed but related with opendx. I packaged 
> opendx before for a local repository, I have since moved packages to 
> Extras. :-)
> 
>   One of those packages was opendx, I seem to remember some references to 
> patented algorithms in the package. How do you deal with it?
> 
>   If I am wrong and there is no such reference please ignore this 
> question. :-)

It would be been better to discuss any potential legal issues before 
submitting the package in question. do you have any more information or 
references to the alleged patented algorithms?

Rahul





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