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Cyberpeace--of sorts--in our time

November 7, 2006 newsmaker Steve Ballmer and Ron Hovsepian make an unlikely pair, and their pact has caught the tech industry by surprise. TAGS: interoperability, Steve Ballmer, intellectual property, framework, GPL, dream, Novell Inc., Linux, Unix, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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, SCO Group Inc., patent infringement, Scott McNealy, open source, Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, patent, Unix, Red Hat Inc., protection, IBM Corp., open-source software, Java

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., code, Unix, London, Linux

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, Novell Inc., Larry Ellison, Linux, SCO Group Inc., Oracle Corp., open-source software, open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Open season at Linux show

August 11, 2005 Red Hat says it will fund programmers' efforts to defang the threat presented by software patents. Also: Database start-ups bet on open source. Photos: Execs tout penguin TAGS: open source, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Oracle Corp., support services, Apache Software Foundation, workplace, Novell Inc., intellectual property, exec, Unix, IBM Corp., Firefox, database, start-up, server

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
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