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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, Open Source Development Labs, patent suit, patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source community, IBM Corp., GPL, Mozilla Corp., Europe, Linux, U.S.

Microsoft has OS patents; Linux has none

 December 4, 2006 ActiveGrid's Peter Yared says the Microsoft-Novell deal creates competition and is ultimately good for customers. TAGS: patent, Novell Inc., open-source community, open source, Linux kernel, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Corp., operating system

A patent commons project for open source

 August 10, 2005 Open Source Development Labs plans to collate information on patents that have been donated to the open-source community. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, patent, open-source community, software patent, open source, initiative, intellectual property, IBM Corp., developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., project

Is open source getting to Microsoft?

 September 15, 2006 Pledge not to sue over Web services patents reflects the spread of the collaborative development model--as far as Microsoft, even. TAGS: Web service, open source, intellectual property, patent, standards, open-source community, software company, vendor, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows
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