Re: Open Invention Network

[Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>]

* Steve McIntyre:

> I've been approached by the Open Invention Network[1]. They're asking
> if Debian would like to join as an organisation to "protect our work
> and support open access to intellectual property". I'm not sure either
> way myself, so I thought I'd ask for comments here. Any thoughts?

I guess they aren't aware that Debian doesn't hold any assests,
intellectual property or otherwise.  Perhaps you could try to clarify
that.  I'm pretty sure that afterwards, they will withdraw their offer
to join.