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

From	Zlatan <zlatan@riseup.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC?
Date	2019-09-29 10:10 +0200
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+1

Absolutely in support against this cancerous troll organization.

Z

On September 28, 2019 11:04:03 PM GMT+02:00, Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> wrote:
>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?
>
>I plan to draft and publish a short "micronews" statement if there is
>consensus here.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>-- 
>      ,''`.
>     : :'  :     Chris Lamb
>     `. `'`      lamby@debian.org 🍥 chris-lamb.co.uk
>       `-

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