Quite a few folks, myself included, have signed a letter opposing a patent policy being adopted by OASIS, a major industry consortium that produces e-business and Web services standards, that threatens to undermine the development and licensing model for open source software. Discussions are ensuing with the hope of an outcome more acceptable to all parties. Details of the letter at Groklaw.
Posted by mitch@osafoundation.org at February 28, 2005 12:00 AM