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Re: Joining OIN?



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


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