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January 11, 2005 Big Blue will let open-source developers use 500 software patents without fear of infringement lawsuits. TAGS: patent, software patent, open-source software, IBM Corp., open source, Linux seller, fear, Linux, open standard, intellectual property, operating system, U.S., database, Microsoft Corp., HP

February 2, 2005 "Software patents are clearly a problem," Linux founder Linus Torvalds says at the OSDL Linux Summit. TAGS: software patent, Mitch Kapor, Linus Torvalds, patent, Open Source Development Labs, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., open source, IBM Corp., innovation, Linux, Sun Solaris, founder, chairman, programming, Mozilla Corp.

February 15, 2005 Boycotting the patent system means "leaving oneself exposed for absolutely no good reason," says HP's Linux vice president. TAGS: software patent, patent, OSI, Open Source Development Labs, Richard Stallman, open source, GNU, open-source software, intellectual property, Linux, copyright law, vice president, founder, HP, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

February 2, 2006 Linux expert and MBA candidate Alan Cox talks about the GPL, patent politics and the drive to the desktop. TAGS: software patent, GPL, GPL 3, Trusted Computing, digital-rights management, open-source programmer, Red Hat Inc., Linux, open-source software, conference, open source, networking, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp.

May 23, 2007 Stung by criticism of its patent pact with Microsoft, Novell agrees to support Electronic Frontier Foundation's patent-busting work. TAGS: Novell Inc., patent, software patent, criticism, open source, open standard, open-source software, Linux, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp.

February 18, 2005 special coverage In just a few months, the open-source software package has been catapulted to the limelight. Also: Sun bumps back Opteron servers. Photos: Scenes from LinuxWorld TAGS: LinuxWorld, software patent, Xen, open source, endorsement, Novell Inc., small and medium business, Linux, JBoss, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, open-source software, Computer Associates International Inc., Red Hat Inc., server, IBM Corp.

September 24, 2004 Michael Tiemann criticizes software rival Sun for its support of patents and for keeping Java proprietary. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., software patent, open source, Jonathan Schwartz, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, open-source community, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, Sun Solaris, agreement, AMD Opteron, exec, Linux, Java

January 17, 2006 Debate over GPL version 3 begins as Free Software Foundation's founder says antipatent provisions are "not a placeholder." TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, Free Software Foundation, software patent, Bruce Perens, open source, open-source software, founder, IBM Corp., Linux, forum

August 11, 2005 Red Hat and OSDL's new patent efforts take a different tack in trying to deter some intellectual-property attacks. TAGS: patent, software patent, Steve Mills, open source, intellectual property, Open Source Development Labs, LinuxWorld, Red Hat Inc., ally, IBM Corp., Linux, open-source software, Sun Solaris, threat, San Francisco, programming

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