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Re:Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights by gralx on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:26PM (#31198415)
I suspect it went into the settlement payment. Wouldn't it be ironic if so many principled advocates of open source and supporters of the GNOME project had their funds paid directly to a patent troll by GNOME themselves?
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Re:Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights by perihelions on Thursday April 28, 2022 @07:29PM (#31199516)
GNOME did not pay in the original settlement.

- "I can confirm that we have not paid RPI or Leigh Rothschild for this settlement."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23264806

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Re:Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights by robocat on Thursday April 28, 2022 @07:53PM (#31199679)
> not paid RPI or Leigh Rothschild for this settlement

That statement still leaves a lot of people that they could have paid for that settlement (or paid RPI/Leigh for a different settlement).

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Re:Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights by ncmncm on Thursday April 28, 2022 @09:11PM (#31200212)
Probably paid the troll's lawyer, instead. Which is of course also the troll.
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