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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 software, open source, IBM Corp., innovation, Linux, Sun Solaris, chairman, founder, Mozilla Corp., programming

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

Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source

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