From: Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>, licenses@gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Guidance on distributed patented software
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:46:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAr7Pr_LHo4Kbh-7no4ueUgLQwGR1Q-marf+=0z5icEh8tAkxA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
The devmanual discusses licensing as a core concept
(https://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/licenses/index.html)
but does not cover patents. My understanding is that we:
- set RESTRICT=bindist when we are unable to redistribute binaries
(e.g. due to a license or patent restriction.)
- set RESTRICT=mirror when we are unable to redistribute source code
(e.g. due to a license of patent restriction.)
- Sometimes, we remove patent encumbered source code from packages
(e.g. with USE=bindist) so that we can build redistributable binaries
with the patented features removed.
Could we add some text to the license concepts covering patents? It
seems to have been omitted?
Is my understanding of how we manage patented software correct?
-A
next reply other threads:[~2021-09-20 16:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-20 16:46 Alec Warner [this message]
2021-09-20 17:27 ` [gentoo-dev] Guidance on distributed patented software Rich Freeman
2021-09-20 18:15 ` Robin H. Johnson
2021-09-20 18:41 ` Ulrich Mueller
2021-09-20 19:20 ` Robin H. Johnson
2021-09-22 12:54 ` Joshua Kinard
2021-09-22 16:37 ` Robin H. Johnson
2021-09-23 5:54 ` Joshua Kinard
2021-09-23 15:52 ` Peter Stuge
[not found] ` <CAAr7Pr9a6cRbHDxkUbKwxabW8skh1izA7C2GqTE1XF8mg-CV0g@mail.gmail.com>
2021-09-24 7:46 ` Joshua Kinard
[not found] ` <20210924095510.6ff13620@computer>
2021-09-25 19:44 ` Joshua Kinard
2021-09-26 17:09 ` Peter Stuge
2021-09-26 19:20 ` Rich Freeman
2021-09-27 18:14 ` Marek Szuba
2021-09-27 21:09 ` Rich Freeman
2021-09-26 19:41 ` Sam James
2021-09-21 15:25 ` Andreas K. Huettel
2021-09-20 18:30 ` [gentoo-dev] " Ulrich Mueller
2021-09-26 6:38 ` Alec Warner
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