http://www.gnomedesktop.org/
http://gregdek.livejournal.com/4008.html
[i]”OIN is the Open Invention Network. Prominent members include Red Hat, Sony, Novell, IBM, and Philips, etc. The idea behind OIN: throw a bunch of patents in a pool. Make those patents available to open source developers, and to companies who support open source developers.
More importantly: pool those patents to counterattack companies who might accuse us of infringing *their* patents.”[/i]
On the surface this sounds like an interesting approach to warding off future fiascoes like the SCO suits. Do you think this would work? Will it just make things worse?
What have you heard about the war against copyrights, and where is it going?
