Linux Insider / ECT News Network: Does the DoJ Have FOSS’ Back?
April 26, 2011 — In a move designed to protect the free and open source software (FOSS) community, the U.S. Justice Department has intervened in …
ITJungle: Antitrusters Nod Attachmate’s Novell Buy
April 25, 2011 — NetWare and Linux distributor Novell has managed to get the approval of antitrust regulators in the United States and Germany to sell off …
InternetNews.com: Will Open Invention Network Growth Stop Patent Feuds?
April 25, 2011 — OIN has continued to grow over the years, and for the first quarter of 2011, the group grew by over 70 …
ITWire: Novell Sale – DoJ Strictures on Microsoft
April 21, 2011 — The US Department of Justice has announced that Microsoft will not be able to keep patents it planned to buy from …
ITProPortal: Facebook, HP and OpenStack Pledge to Protect Linux
April 21, 2011 — Technology giants Facebook, Hewlett-Packard and OpenStack are among the 74 companies that have decided to become members of the Open Invention …
Ostatic: Offline Two Days – What Did I Miss?
April 21, 2011 — Ostatic: Offline Two Days – What Did I Miss?
Groklaw: Open Invention Network Takes on Mass – Facebook and HP Join
April 20, 2011 — Facebook and HP have joinded Open Invention Network today. In addition, Google is moving up from licensee to join Canonical as associate …
The Register: Facebook, HP, and OpenStack Join Linux patent shield
April 20, 2011 — Facebook, HP, and the OpenStack project have joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), a consortium of organizations intent on protecting Linux …
Slashdot: Linux Patent Protection Network Lures Facebook, HP
April 20, 2011 — Facebook, HP, Rackspace, Juniper, Fujitsu and dozens of other organizations have joined a group building a defensive patent portfolio to protect Linux-using members …
ZDNet: Microsoft gets Novell’s Patents rights but must share them with Open-Source Software
April 20, 2011 — The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on April 20th, that in order to proceed with the first phase of their acquisition …