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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, open-source community, standards, software company, vendor, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft gives go-ahead to open-source Web services

 September 13, 2006 Company won't assert patents related to 35 Web services specs--a move designed to ease developers' legal concerns. TAGS: Web service, patent, open-source software, open source, open-source community, specification, royalty, standards, Apache Software Foundation, GPL, FAQ, developer, concern, lawyer, Microsoft Corp., XML

Warming up to open source

 February 9, 2005 Web services standards group OASIS offers trio of patent policy options, but open-source purists say it's still too patent-friendly. TAGS: OASIS, RAND Corp., open-source developer, open source, patent, policy, standards, intellectual property, IBM Corp.
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