Policy on BUILD_PATENTED

[Mauro Mozzarelli]

On 09/08/2020 12:44, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Mauro Mozzarelli <mauro at ezplanet.org> writes:
>> On 09/08/2020 03:35, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>>
>>> I believe OpenWrt should not even *consider* placing its umbrella
>>> organization(s) -- which are based on the U.S. -- in legal risk
>>> without at least contacting them first and getting their approval.
>>>
>>> Has anyone asked SPI about it yet?
>> Who/What are these "umbrella" organizations? What is their
>> relationship with OpenWrt?
> This is answered by the FAQ:
> https://openwrt.org/faq/general
>
>> And what is the "legal risk"?
> I guess that's the question you should ask the SPI.
>
> This is not a technical or a political discussion.  It's about not
> putting your friends at unnecessary risk, even if they happen to live
> under some regime you don't like or respect.
>
>
> Bjørn

Although I respect other's opinions and rules, I do not think it is 
right to limit everyone's freedom, just to appease some.

If there is a minority who is unable to use parts of this software, we 
can make it easy for that minority to be able to strip those software 
components (or they can propose and implement changes that achieve that 
themselves), but in no way limit or prevent everyone from making use of it.

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