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January 31, 2005 OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture around open-source software is turning increasingly murky. TAGS: software patent, open-source developer, open source, Open Source Development Labs, patent suit, patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source community, IBM Corp., GPL, Mozilla Corp., Europe, Linux, U.S.

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, IBM Corp., open source, Linux seller, fear, Linux, open standard, intellectual property, operating system, U.S., database, Microsoft Corp., HP

February 2, 2005 "Software patents are clearly a problem," Linux founder Linus Torvalds says at the OSDL Linux Summit. TAGS: software patent, Mitch Kapor, Linus Torvalds, patent, Open Source Development Labs, open source, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp., innovation, Linux, Sun Solaris, chairman, founder, programming, Mozilla Corp.

February 18, 2005 special coverage In just a few months, the open-source software package has been catapulted to the limelight. Also: Sun bumps back Opteron servers. Photos: Scenes from LinuxWorld TAGS: LinuxWorld, software patent, open source, Xen, endorsement, small and medium business, Novell Inc., Linux, JBoss, AMD Opteron, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., open-source software, Computer Associates International Inc., server, IBM Corp.

August 11, 2005 Red Hat and OSDL's new patent efforts take a different tack in trying to deter some intellectual-property attacks. TAGS: patent, software patent, Steve Mills, open source, intellectual property, Open Source Development Labs, ally, LinuxWorld, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., Sun Solaris, open-source software, threat, Linux, San Francisco, programming

January 17, 2006 Debate over GPL version 3 begins as Free Software Foundation's founder says antipatent provisions are "not a placeholder." TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, software patent, Free Software Foundation, Bruce Perens, open source, open-source software, founder, IBM Corp., Linux, forum

September 24, 2004 Michael Tiemann criticizes software rival Sun for its support of patents and for keeping Java proprietary. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., software patent, open source, Jonathan Schwartz, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, OpenOffice, open-source community, OpenOffice.org, agreement, AMD Opteron, Sun Solaris, exec, Java, Linux

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