The Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors announced today that it has taken the unprecedented step of referring the proposed sale of Novell’s patents to the CPTN consortium (led by Microsoft and allegedly including EMC, Apple and Oracle – unlikely bedfellows) to the German competition authorities.
Continue reading over at ComputerWorldUK…
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Bad news here about the DMCA in America being given unwanted and unwarranted further reach, allowing corporations to control their markets – and their customers – more than ever. Also slightly unsettling that the report is from the perspective of a law firm that thinks this is a good thing.
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