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Open-source P2P projects keep swapping
July 15, 2005
Supreme Court ruling casts cloud over commercial file-trading companies, but independent projects continue unabated.
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Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents
May 14, 2007
Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents.
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Attorney: GPLv3 may not bind Microsoft
July 25, 2007
Software giant likely will be able to extricate itself from the implications of the open-source license, lawyer says.
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Microsoft gives go-ahead to open-source Web services
September 13, 2006
Company won't assert patents related to 35 Web services specs--a move designed to ease developers' legal concerns.
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Microsoft: Novell deal a milestone despite squabbles
February 9, 2007
Landmark deal could still bring together open-source and commercial software business models, Microsoft lawyer Brad Smith says.
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Week in review: Microsoft's kick in the patents
February 23, 2007
While Microsoft finds itself in a dogfight over patents, battles over the iPhone trademark and satellite radio settle down.
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