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Open-source firm offers to protect customers from lawsuits

October 17, 2006 Software seller OpenLogic says it will indemnify buyers against legal action connected with its open-source products. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., open-source software, legal action, open source, enterprise, lawsuit, intellectual property, IBM Corp., London, Unix, code, Linux

Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris

November 18, 2004 Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux. Sun posts early Java 6 code Photos: Sun execs talk tech TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., intellectual property, Scott McNealy, SCO Group Inc., patent infringement, open source, Linux, Jonathan Schwartz, patent, Unix, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., protection, open-source software, Java

Red Hat adds new Linux legal protection

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, Linux, Novell Inc., Larry Ellison, SCO Group Inc., Oracle Corp., open-source software, open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Microsoft 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, Open Source Risk Management, Samba, Free Software Foundation, open source, Linus Torvalds, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., lawyer, consortium, Linux, center, intellectual property, law, Unix, professor
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