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

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On Sat, 28 Sep 2019, Chris Lamb wrote:
> 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 concur, especially as Debian also distributes shotwell.

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would bend to her wishes." [...] "Reality doesn't indulge wishes."
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Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC? "Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org> - 2019-09-28 23:10 +0200
  Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC? Laura Arjona Reina <larjona@debian.org> - 2019-09-29 01:00 +0200
    Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC? Andy Simpkins <andy@koipond.org.uk> - 2019-09-29 01:50 +0200
  Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent  Imaging LLC? Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2019-09-29 02:20 +0200
    Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent  Imaging LLC? Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2019-09-29 11:40 +0200
      Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent  Imaging LLC? Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2019-09-29 13:10 +0200
        Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent  Imaging LLC? Samuel Henrique <samueloph@debian.org> - 2019-09-29 19:10 +0200
  Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent  Imaging LLC? Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> - 2019-09-29 02:30 +0200
    Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent  Imaging LLC? Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> - 2019-09-29 03:10 +0200
      Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent  Imaging LLC? Neil McGovern <neilm@debian.org> - 2019-09-30 15:30 +0200
        Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent  Imaging LLC? Neil McGovern <neilm@debian.org> - 2019-10-22 11:30 +0200
          Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC. Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2019-10-28 17:40 +0100
  Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent  Imaging LLC? Yao Wei <mwei@debian.org> - 2019-09-29 04:40 +0200
  Re: Standing behind GNOME Foundation against Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC? Zlatan <zlatan@riseup.net> - 2019-09-29 10:10 +0200

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