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<title>FSFE concerned about Novell patent sale</title>
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<h1>FSFE concerned about Novell patent sale</h1>
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<p>Free Software Foundation Europe has written to the
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German competition authorities in order to share its concerns about
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the sale of Novell's patents to a consortium called CPTN, made up of
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Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and EMC.</p>
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<p>"If the sale of Novell’s patents to CPTN is allowed to go ahead,
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this will significantly increase the legal threat level for Free
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Software", says FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff in an <a
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href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2011/01/12/why-were-concerned-about-the-sale-of-novells-patents/">article</a>
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on the issue. </p>
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<p>On December 22, 2010, FSFE wrote to the German competition
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authorities with a <a
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href="/activities/swpat/letter-20101222.html">detailed
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explanation</a> of the negative effect that the acquisition of
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Novell's patents by CPTN would have for competition in the software
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market.</p>
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<p>"This case is yet another demonstration of how software patents make
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life difficult for everyone in the software market", Gerloff
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says. "And it provides yet another reason to continue <a
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href="/activities/swpat/">FSFE's long-standing work
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against software patents</a>.</p>
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