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Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

May 14, 2007 Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents. TAGS: patent, open source, open-source software, OpenOffice.org, Linux, Linux kernel, Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., lawyer, article

HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal

February 15, 2005 Boycotting the patent system means "leaving oneself exposed for absolutely no good reason," says HP's Linux vice president. TAGS: software patent, patent, OSI, Open Source Development Labs, Richard Stallman, open source, intellectual property, open-source software, GNU, Linux, copyright law, vice president, founder, HP, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

IBM offers 500 patents for open-source use

January 11, 2005 Big Blue will let open-source developers use 500 software patents without fear of infringement lawsuits. TAGS: patent, software patent, open-source software, open source, IBM Corp., Linux seller, open standard, fear, Linux, intellectual property, operating system, database, U.S., Microsoft Corp., HP

Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris

November 18, 2004 Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux. Sun posts early Java 6 code Photos: Sun execs talk tech TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., intellectual property, patent infringement, SCO Group Inc., Scott McNealy, open source, Linux, Jonathan Schwartz, patent, Unix, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., protection, open-source software, Java
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