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September 7, 2005 Following IBM's lead, Computer Associates donates 14 of its patents to open-source projects. TAGS: Computer Associates International Inc., patent, open source, open-source project, open-source community, IBM Corp.

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, patent suit, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source community, IBM Corp., GPL, Mozilla Corp., Europe, Linux, U.S.

November 21, 2005 CEO Stuart Cohen talks about OSDL's efforts to head off patent claims against the community-developed operating system. TAGS: patent, Open Source Development Labs, open-source community, Linux, open source, lawyer, developer, IBM Corp., CEO, Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Windows

August 10, 2005 Open Source Development Labs plans to collate information on patents that have been donated to the open-source community. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, patent, software patent, open-source community, open source, initiative, intellectual property, IBM Corp., developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., project

January 10, 2006 Patent king IBM works with the Patent Office and OSDL to increase scrutiny and review of patent applications. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, open-source community, open source, IBM Corp., patent, initiative, interest

September 15, 2006 Pledge not to sue over Web services patents reflects the spread of the collaborative development model--as far as Microsoft, even. TAGS: Web service, open source, patent, intellectual property, standards, open-source community, software company, vendor, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

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