An entity named Rothschild Patent Imaging (RPI) is claiming that the GNOME Shotwell app is infringing a patent it holds https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/22/gnome_linux_lausuit/. The GNOME Foundation is not settling, instead it is fighting back to try to get the patent invalidated and RPI to pay its legal fees.

The GNOME foundation set up a fund for this legal battle: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/gnome-foundation-inc/gnome-patent-troll...

This link was lifted from this GNOME foundation blog entry: https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/10/gnome-files-defense-against-patent-troll/

Cheers, Peter