EFF Defends Novell Partnership
May 25, 2007, 16:30 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Andrew Donoghue)
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation has defended its decision to
partner with Novell over patent reform.
"On Wednesday, Novell and the EFF issued a joint press release
claiming that the two organisations would co-operate on EFF's
'patent busting' programme. Novell is providing funding for the
initiative and supporting patent reform in general.
"However, the move has surprised many in the open-source
community, given that Novell signed a high-profile agreement with
Microsoft last year that saw millions of dollars change hands
between the two companies to settle patent claims..."
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