OSI Refers Novell Patent Deal To Authorities 88
WebMink writes "Worried that the unholy alliance of Microsoft, Apple, Oracle and EMC — hardly known for their collaboration — is establishing a patent troll called CPTN to attack open source software, the Open Source Initiative has announced that they have referred the Novell deal over to the German competition authorities."
Re:Wouldn't the Sherman AntiTrust Act apply in the (Score:5, Informative)
The concept of sarcasm is lost on you, isn't it?
You also might want to Google for phrases of the form "I for one welcome our new ___ overlords." That would be a start.
Re:In Germany? (Score:4, Informative)
Drag the entire EU with it? If you're going to try to get a government to investigate this stuff, the German government is probably the best place to start. One, because US courts, even if they could, aren't going to do shit. Two, because Germany, besides being an important and relatively large country in its own right, really is the big dog in the EU.
Re:In Germany? (Score:4, Informative)
What can the German court do?
It seems that the company that Microsoft, Apple, EMC and Oracle formed to buy these patents is registered in Germany.