Groklaw: OSDL Announces Patent Commons Project

“OSDL has announced a patent commons project. This is a huge
step legally. Eben Moglen is encouraging everyone to support the
project:

“‘OSDL is the ideal steward for such an important legal
initiative as the patent commons project,’ said Eben Moglen, chair
of the Software Freedom Law Center. ‘No matter what your stand on
software patents, and I oppose them, I call on developers to
contribute to the OSDL patent commons project because there is
strength in numbers and when individual contributions are collected
together it creates a protective haven where developers can
innovate without fear…'”

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