Novell and the Electronic Frontier Foundation team up to reform software patents; Organizations will jointly lobby governments, international organizations Novell to support EFF 'Patent Busting' initiative.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-24 May 2007-NOVELL: Novell and the Electronic Frontier Foundation team up to reform software patents; Organizations will jointly lobby governments, international organizations Novell to support EFF 'Patent Busting' initiative(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23052007 SAN FRANCISCO (Open Source Business Conference) - Novell and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today announced they are teaming up to work on reforms to software patents worldwide.

"It is increasingly obvious that software patents are not a meaningful measure of innovation," said Jeff Jaffe, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Novell. "As a long-time innovator in the industry and a holder of many significant patents, we understand the rationale...

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