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Nokia: Linux kernel may use our patents

May 26, 2005 Finnish company is the latest to begin offering intellectual-property protections to open-source programmers. TAGS: Linux kernel, patent, Nokia Corp., open-source programmer, open-source software, Linux, open source, IBM Corp., intellectual property, project

Flaw in Linux kernel allows attack

December 2, 2003 The Debian Project warns that a flaw in the Linux kernel helped attackers compromise four of the open-source software project's development servers. TAGS: Debian, Linux kernel, attacker, flaw, kernel, Linux, open-source software, open source, project, developer, attack, server

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. TAGS: patent, open-source software, open source, Linux, OpenOffice.org, Linux kernel, Steve Ballmer, article, lawyer, intellectual property, Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp.

Patent problems pester penguin

August 5, 2004 Free Software Foundation counsel Daniel Ravicher says a broken patent system is in urgent need of repair. TAGS: indemnification, denial, open-source software, patent, study, Linux kernel, sky, Linux, vendor, defense, open source

Experts say Microsoft's patent quest won't go far

May 16, 2007 It's unrealistic for Microsoft to expect open-source groups to actively seek out patent infringements, experts say. TAGS: patent, infringement, engineer, Linux kernel, open-source software, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., open source, Linux

Linux guru warns on security of open-source code

October 26, 2006 Veteran developer Alan Cox cautions that hackers are trying hard to break open-source code and that many projects are far from secure. TAGS: delegate, metrics, open source, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Linux kernel, project, open-source software, security, London, analysis

GPL getting tougher on patent deals

March 28, 2007 Version 3 to block next Microsoft-Novell handshake? Latest draft aims to "prevent such deals from making a mockery of free software." TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, draft, Free Software Foundation, Novell Inc., Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, freedom, Linux kernel, patent, digital-rights management, Linux, open-source software, open source, agreement, Microsoft Corp.

'Second Life' software becomes open-source

January 8, 2007 Outsiders will be able to modify the viewer software; Linden Lab plans to follow suit with the server software, too. TAGS: Second Life, server software, open source, Linux kernel, GPL, virtual worlds, code, project, open-source software, Linux, agreement, server
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