LWN: Comments on "KDE Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee"

KDE Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee

rahulsundaram — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:26:26 +0000

FWIW, RHEL 6 is shipping with upstart and Red Hat hasn't pushed for it to be included afaik. Probably not a concern as much as other key packages to bump into patent issues. I would be interested to know if that listing has ever been updated.

KDE Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee

sebas — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:17:58 +0000

KDE e.V. joining the OIN has actually been discussed and decided during Akademy in Tampere, last summer. It's most definitely not a consequence of Novell selling a patent package. It might be useful in that light, at some point, though I hope we'll never have to invoke the OIN.

KDE Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee

tzafrir — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:53:36 +0000

Here's something better:

the OIN site lists a set of software packages as defining the Linux system:
http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/pat_linuxdefpop.html

Will it ever be updating to include e.g. upstart and systemd? Or would it be safer to stick with the legacy sysvinit?

KDE Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee

gidoca — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:51:43 +0000

Are these Novell patents that important that everyone joins right now? First Gentoo, then The Document Foundation, now KDE...

KDE Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee

rahulsundaram — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:16:10 +0000

Isn't that obviously a silly joke? I am sure we can invest time in better things than that.

KDE Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee

pabs — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:01:17 +0000

http://www.google.com/search?q=software+in+the+public+int...
-> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/6603/invitation-t...
-> http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/56599/#p56599
-> http://ompldr.org/vM25yNw

KDE Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee

skvidal — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:43:29 +0000

where did you get that fine-print from?

KDE Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee

pabs — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:23:21 +0000

Hmm, I wonder if they read the fine print:

http://ompldr.org/vM25yNw