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[Rahul Sundaram]

Gianluca Sforna wrote:

> Thanks for the clarification. Of course I am not proposing to violate
> any valid patent here.
> I probably did not understand the goals of the OIN and how its
> portfolio would be leveraged. I thought OIN could be also used for
> some patent swap deal, but this is probably not possibile.

See http://www.redhat.com/magazine/014dec05/features/oin/

> /me just hates patents on software and hopes they will be banned one day...

Yes. Thats obviously the long term desirable solution but meanwhile 
things like OIN helps deal with the current reality.

Rahul