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April 5, 2006 Company has other ideas for open-source patent protections and governance of its hobbyist Linux product. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Fedora Project, foundation, intellectual property, Fedora Core, open source, Linux

November 4, 2006 Faced with new competitive challenges, Linux seller Red Hat has begun promising protection against intellectual-property lawsuits. TAGS: indemnification, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, Linux seller, SCO Group Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Novell Inc., Linux, open-source software, open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

December 12, 2006 Survey commissioned by the two companies asserts that their high-profile agreement will drive customers away from joint rival Red Hat. TAGS: survey, Novell Inc., respondent, intellectual property right, intellectual property, agreement, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

September 20, 2004 Forrester CEO George Colony argues that if Sun goes down, it's going to go down taking very big swings. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, pricing, intellectual property, Intel x86, Linux, vendor, IBM Corp., platform, operating system, cell phone, Microsoft Corp.

November 3, 2006 By declaring a "patent peace" with Novell Linux, did the software company just declare patent war with the open-source realm? TAGS: intellectual property, Novell Inc., patent, open source, open-source programmer, Red Hat Inc., Steve Ballmer, license agreement, Linux, GPL, software company, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

May 14, 2007 Company's more threatening stance spotlights its effort to pressure open-source firms to license its patents. TAGS: intellectual property, patent, open source, open-source software, open-source company, Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, software company

November 21, 2006 update Novell CEO issues open letter saying deal is not an admission that the open-source OS infringes on Microsoft's patents.New GPL clause to flip Microsoft-Novell agreement on its head? TAGS: Novell Inc., patent, agreement, Linux, Linux company, intellectual property, SuSE Linux, Steve Ballmer, SuSE, Red Hat Inc., letter, open source, Microsoft Corp., CEO, IBM Corp.

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