Re: [oshug] Fwd: [kanzure@gmail.com: [Open Manufacturing] Fwd: Non-assertion pledges... for (patented) open source hardware?]

On (14:47 06/04/10), Alan Wood wrote:

I seem to remember some large donations of patents to good causes some time ago maybe it was by IBM to the EFF or some other org

IBM was a founder and continues to be a member of Open Invention Network - a patent pool set up to defend Linux and related applications. It is my understanding that they, as with all founding members, have made significant contributions to OIN.

Cheers,

Andrew