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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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