On 08/12/10 08:24, Frank A. Kingswood wrote: > Hallo everyone, > > Would it be beneficial if Debian joined OIN? The Open Invention > Network licenses patents to promote the Linux ecosystem. > http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/ > It's not clear how much a membership would cost though.
Membership is supposedly free. The problem OIN probably has at the moment is that they've been Groklaw'd. > > Groklaw mentions that the 882 Novell patents would be covered by OIN > membership if it were taken out before the closing date of the sale > transferring them to Microsoft: > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20101206205654916 > Cheers, Wol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

