Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC?

[Andy Simpkins <andy@koipond.org.uk>]

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.

Neil
Where can I contribute to the war chest in order to help fund fighting this?

/Andy

On 28 September 2019 23:59:11 BST, Laura Arjona Reina <larjona@debian.org> wrote:

Hi

El 28 de septiembre de 2019 23:04:03 CEST, Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> escribió:
Dear -project,

For those not yet aware, Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC has filed a
lawsuit against the GNOME Foundation on the grounds that their
"Shotwell" photo manager violates patent §9,936,086:

https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/09/gnome-foundation-facing-lawsuit-from-rothschild-patent-imaging/

If we can leave the legal merits of this specific case or of software
patents in general for another time and venue, can I seek agreement
that the Debian Project would publically stand with the GNOME
Foundation against this attack on a cherished sister project of ours
and, by extension, on free software in general? 


Personal opinion: I agree.

I plan to draft and publish a short "micronews" statement if there is
consensus here.


Thanks for volunteering :-)

With my publicity hat on, I think it's better an article in bits.debian.org. It does not need to be long. The title and link to it would be published as micronews too.

Kind regards,

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