GNOME's patent-troll counterattack

Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC filed a patentsuit against the GNOME Foundation in September, asserting a violationin the Shotwell photo manager. GNOME has now goneon the counterattack, questioning the validity of the patent and whetherit applies to Shotwell at all. There is also an unspecified counterclaimto strike back against Rothschild. "We want to send a message to allsoftware patent trolls out there - we will fight your suit, we will win,and we will have your patent invalidated. To do this, we need yourhelp."