CivicActions

Ethan just sent an email out to the CivicActions team about an upcoming training in using OpenOffice, the Free software desktop office suite that most of us use.

A new article on ZDNet says that Microsoft is claiming that free and open-source software violates more than 230 of its patents.

Microsoft top lawyer Brad Smith alleges that the Linux kernel violates 42 Microsoft patents, while its user interface and other design elements infringe on a further 65. OpenOffice is accused of infringing 45, along with 83 more in other free and open-source programs.