The patent suit filed against the GNOME
Foundation last September has
now been resolved. “In this walk-away settlement, GNOME receives
a release and covenant not to be sued for any patent held by Rothschild
Patent Imaging. Further, both Rothschild Patent Imaging and Leigh
Rothschild are granting a release and covenant to any software that is
released under an existing Open Source Initiative approved license (and
subsequent versions thereof), including for the entire Rothschild portfolio
of patents, to the extent such software forms a material part of the
infringement allegation.” There is no mention of what the
foundation had to give — if anything — for this settlement,

Source: LWN.net – GNOME resolves Rothschild patent suit