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The open-source patent conundrum

 January 31, 2005 OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture around open-source software is turning increasingly murky. TAGS: software patent, open-source developer, Open Source Development Labs, open source, patent suit, patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source community, IBM Corp., GPL, Mozilla Corp., Europe, developer, Linux, U.S.

IBM offers 500 patents for open-source use

 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, Linux, open standard, fear, intellectual property, U.S., operating system, database, Microsoft Corp., HP

Open-source battlegrounds heat up

 February 2, 2005 Microsoft talks up security to counter Linux and company. Also: Torvalds trashes software patents. TAGS: software patent, Sun Solaris, open source, Sun Solaris 10, patent, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., security, Microsoft Corp.

HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal

 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, open source, Richard Stallman, intellectual property, open-source software, GNU, Linux, copyright law, vice president, founder, HP, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

This week in open source

 February 18, 2005 HP's top Linux executive has a message for open-source programmers who don't like the idea of software patents: Get used to it. TAGS: software patent, Red Hat Inc., open-source programmer, OSI, open source, Fedora Project, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, patent, Novell Inc., HP, idea

Open-source honchos trash software patents

 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, SCO Group Inc., open source, open-source software, IBM Corp., innovation, Linux, Sun Solaris, founder, chairman, programming, Mozilla Corp.

Novell joins EFF for patent reform

 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.

Open-source allies go on patent offensive

 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, Steve Mills, software patent, open source, intellectual property, Open Source Development Labs, Red Hat Inc., LinuxWorld, ally, IBM Corp., open-source software, Sun Solaris, Linux, threat, San Francisco, programming

Year in review: Patent standoff wears on

 December 27, 2005 Reform bill never makes it out of a congressional subcommittee, dashing tech companies' hopes for a speedy fix. TAGS: software patent, patent, Research In Motion Ltd., Linux, Microsoft Corp., HP
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