☞ DF Acts To Protect LibreOffice

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Simon Phipps
  • The Document Foundation joins Open Invention Network
    Smart move here – by joining now, they gain access to all those patents belonging to Novell that will leave the pool and belong (among others) to Microsoft and Oracle when the acquisition by AttachMate closes. Given Novell’s software portfolio, there’s a chance some of those are highly relevant. Now OIN needs to update its software list to include LibreOffice.

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5 Responses

  1. Roberto Galoppini, on December 20, 2010 at 15:59 said:

    Relevant in which respect, Simon?

    • Simon Phipps, on December 20, 2010 at 20:33 said:

      Relevant to multiple open source projects and the companies that support them. Novell’s history includes WordPerfect, GroupWise, NetWare and a host of other products that were before-their-time precursors of current hot technologies. Remember Microsoft thought it was worth paying billions to be indemnified against them…

  2. Roberto Galoppini, on December 20, 2010 at 21:12 said:

    Are WordPerfect patents under the OIN pledge?

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