[ANNOUNCE] Spring loading folder behaviour (bad news inside)

[Waldo Bastian]

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On Thu May 27 2004 12:31, Luciano Montanaro wrote:
> So I think we are allowed to try out the patent-covered things, as long as
> we do not distribute binaries.

ftp.kde.org and its mirrors do.

> To make life easier to packageres, maybe the default configure script
> should disable features that may be patented. The packagers could check if
> patents are valid in their target market, and enable the features if they
> feel safe.

That's a possibility indeed. More of our users will benefit if the patent can 
be worked around though.

Cheers,
Waldo
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