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A patent commons project for open source

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., project, Sun Microsystems Inc., developer

Open-source leader: SCO suits a boon to Linux

March 10, 2005 The OSDL's Stuart Cohen says the litigation is "one of the best things that ever happened to the operating system." TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Open Source Development Labs, diligence, litigation, IBM Corp., Linux, intellectual property, London, CEO, open source, operating system

Linux lab cuts staff, focuses on legal issues

December 4, 2006 Open Source Development Labs cuts a third of its staff, loses its CEO and cuts technical projects in favor of legal work. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, staff, CEO, open-source software, IBM Corp., Linux, work

The open-source patent conundrum

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

Saving Linux from the lawyers

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, developer, lawyer, IBM Corp., CEO, Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Windows

IBM taps open source to improve patent quality

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, open-source community, IBM Corp., patent, initiative, interest

Linux's 'center of gravity'

January 21, 2004 Open Source Development Labs CEO Stuart Cohen heads a consortium that finds itself on the front lines in the battle over the future of open-source development. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, SCO Group Inc., gravity, consortium, Linux, peace, defense, IBM Corp., CEO, open source

Linux lab lays off programmers

May 23, 2005 Open Source Development Labs, group that employs Linux leader Linus Torvalds, lays off nearly a sixth of its staff. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, gravity, staff, Linux, programmer, organization, IBM Corp.

Lawyers ride shotgun for open source

February 1, 2005 A law center led by Eben Moglen and others will provide free services to developers who use open-source or free-software methods. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, Samba, Open Source Risk Management, Free Software Foundation, open source, Linus Torvalds, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, lawyer, consortium, Linux, center, law, intellectual property, Unix, professor

Linux lab mending fences with techies

March 22, 2006 Open Source Development Labs expects the group to foster closer ties with sometimes-disgruntled programmers. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, Linux kernel, Linux, programmer, engineer, Oracle Corp., Intel, IBM Corp., HP

IDC: Linux PC sales to hit $10 billion in 2008

December 15, 2004 "Linux is no longer a fringe player. Linux is now mainstream," the researcher says. TAGS: Linux PC, forecast, Linux, Open Source Development Labs, Linux server, Intel Itanium, mainframe, study, IBM Corp., server, researcher, PC, Intel, operating system, HP, Microsoft Windows

Open-source honchos trash software patents

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 software, SCO Group Inc., open source, IBM Corp., innovation, Sun Solaris, Linux, founder, chairman, programming, Mozilla Corp.

Open-source allies go on patent offensive

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, Steve Mills, software patent, open source, intellectual property, Open Source Development Labs, LinuxWorld, ally, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., open-source software, Sun Solaris, Linux, threat, San Francisco, programming
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