Hello all
El 30/9/19 a las 15:29, Neil McGovern escribió: > Thanks Chris and all for the support that's been shown in this thread, > it really does mean a lot while we're going through this complex period. > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 12:25:53AM +0100, Andy Simpkins wrote: >> Having read the 'claim' being made, I for one, can not see there being >> a case to answer, however my experience does not cover the American >> patant/legal systems. To me this looks like a classic case of patent >> tolling. Any and all instaces of which SHOULD be taken into court to >> be struck down and the patent invalidated. On no account should these >> trolls be allowed to walk away without a legal rulling against them. >> > > At the moment, I'm not going to publicly state our strategy or position > on the patent in question, as anything I do say wouldn't be legally > privileged. However, I think I can say that my concern isn't just about > GNOME and this case, but how free software projects are affected by this > sort of patent activity more widely. > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 12:25:53AM +0100, Andy Simpkins wrote: >> Where can I contribute to the war chest in order to help fund fighting this? > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 09:03:37PM -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: >> Aye aye! We should distribute a fundraising site more widely among Debian >> for anyone in our community who is willing to donate to the collective >> defense of our tools. > > At the point when we require significant funds to fight this, I'll > address it. At the moment, we're very much in the preliminary stages of > this legal case. More generally, I'm talking to other folk around how to > make sure that GNOME and free software isn't attacked in future. > > Apologies for not being able to provide more clarity at this stage, I'm > sure you'll understand why! > > Neil > For now, we have published a micronews in support https://micronews.debian.org/2019/1570115848.html Thanks Chris and everybody involved. We'll follow the issue and try to help from the publicity team as needed. Kind regards -- Laura Arjona Reina https://wiki.debian.org/LauraArjona
