Policy on BUILD_PATENTED

[Alberto Bursi]

On 10/08/20 13:58, Sam Kuper wrote:
>
> IIUC, you are suggesting the creation of a new package repository
> through which OpenWRT devs who are based in countries (e.g.  EU
> countries) that don't uphold software patents could distribute
> patent-encumbered software.
>
> Users would then be able to decide whether or not to enable that repo.
>
> This would be a *little* like Debian's "non-free" repository, insofar as
> it separates some packages into a different repository than usual
> (Debian's default repo is called "main") based on their legal status:

+1 for this. the compile switch is much less user-friendly than a 
separate "non-free" repo.

-Alberto