On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Armando M. Baratti < ambaratti.listas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What you may not know is that, as Novell was part of OIN (Open Invention > Network), those that join OIN *before* the closing date for the acquisition > (about january 23) will be protected from any harassment regarding these > patents. > This [2] Groklaw's article explains it in more detail. > > It works because the patents are granted perpetually to OIN members that > have jointed before the closing date, even in the case of a sell (like > occurred in this case). > > You don't need to have patents or be a company to join (for free) OIN. Any > project (like Arch Linux), or even an individual can do it. > I could be totally wrong here, but as far as I know "Arch Linux" doesn't actually exist as a legal entity. I haven't had time to read the linked articles, but if this is the case would it even be possible for us to join the OIN? --Kaiting. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/
