Hello fedora-legal people!
I'd like to know if I'm allowed to talk about RPM Fusion in a news I'm going to send to the French press? We don't have software patents in Europe, but I'm still not sure if it conflicts with some other guideline or legal issue.
Thanks
Steven Moix moixs@fedoraproject.org
On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 18:35 +0100, Steven Moix wrote:
Hello fedora-legal people!
I'd like to know if I'm allowed to talk about RPM Fusion in a news I'm going to send to the French press? We don't have software patents in Europe, but I'm still not sure if it conflicts with some other guideline or legal issue.
Sure. You don't work for Red Hat and you're not advising people in the US.
~spot
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 12:48:47PM -0500, Tom spot Callaway wrote:
On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 18:35 +0100, Steven Moix wrote:
Hello fedora-legal people!
I'd like to know if I'm allowed to talk about RPM Fusion in a news I'm going to send to the French press? We don't have software patents in Europe, but I'm still not sure if it conflicts with some other guideline or legal issue.
Sure. You don't work for Red Hat and you're not advising people in the US.
Because the internet has borders...
josh
On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:13 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 12:48:47PM -0500, Tom spot Callaway wrote:
On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 18:35 +0100, Steven Moix wrote:
Hello fedora-legal people!
I'd like to know if I'm allowed to talk about RPM Fusion in a news I'm going to send to the French press? We don't have software patents in Europe, but I'm still not sure if it conflicts with some other guideline or legal issue.
Sure. You don't work for Red Hat and you're not advising people in the US.
Because the internet has borders...
There is an "and" in that sentence.
~spot
On Tuesday, 04 November 2008 at 18:35, Steven Moix wrote:
Hello fedora-legal people!
I'd like to know if I'm allowed to talk about RPM Fusion in a news I'm going to send to the French press? We don't have software patents in Europe,
I'm afraid that's not entirely true. The EPO has granted hundreds of software patents and the national POs have granted some, too.
Regards, R.