Ubuntu Patent Policy

From the article:

== Developers: Enquiring about Possible Patent Violations ==

If you are concerned about possible patent violations in software you are packaging, send an
email to technical-board <at> lists.ubuntu.com with the following details:

* '''Package(s) Affected''' - indicate which package(s) you are concerned about. If they are not
already in the archive, provide a URL for inspection.
* '''Patent(s) Involved''' - provide as much information as you have about the alleged patent
claims, including if possible the claimant and jurisdiction(s). There is no need to go looking for
additional information here if you do not already have it; we just need enough context to make it
possible to follow up the exact details.
* '''Description''' - specify the code you believe may be affected by the patent(s). If possible
provide specific references to source files.

That seems to me like the worst possible way to handle patent violations, as pointed out in the
vfat patch the reporting of violations will mean triple damages if indeed a patent was infringed.
Instead there should be an lawyer assigned to work on it, since client-lawyer confidentiality
would prevent this from happening.