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U.K. judge frowns on software patents
January 13, 2006 Sir Robin Jacob questions the need for software patents and scolds the U.S. for letting "anything under the sun" be patented.Protesters go bananas over EU patent plan
February 18, 2005 The debate gets lively when it comes to the value of software patents. Photos: Patent protesters take to the streetsNext GPL to protect free software from lawsuits?
September 6, 2005 Next version of General Public License may restrict companies from using patents against free software, FSF Europe president says.Europe's software patent war ignites again
September 21, 2006 Patent debate may be taken out of hands of elected politicians under new measure, Parliament groups say.EU keeps tinkering with software patents
June 21, 2005 European authorities fail to close loopholes in legislation that will make software patentable, critics say.Red Hat CEO decries software patents
May 22, 2007 Patents 'absolutely' retard the pace of innovation, CEO Matthew Szulik argues, but he doesn't call for their abolition.Europe: No patents for software
May 24, 2006 Apparent U-turn on the extent to which software can be patented leaves patent opponents scratching their heads.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.Open-source battlegrounds heat up
February 2, 2005 Microsoft talks up security to counter Linux and company. Also: Torvalds trashes software patents.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.Bill Gates and other communists
February 15, 2005 Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the discussion about software patents.European patent protesters: 'Innovation--yes!'
February 18, 2005 About 300 people march through the streets of Brussels to show their disapproval of a proposed law on software patents. Patent foes take to the streetsIBM 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.Patent protest planned in Brussels
February 15, 2005 Patent critics plan to march past buildings of main EU bodies to protest controversial software directive.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.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.Europe's patent proposal pending
February 18, 2005 European Parliament says software patent proposal must be rewritten. Whether European Commission will listen is another matter. Photos: Patent protesters take to the streets European patent protes...The open-source programmer who means business
February 2, 2006 Linux expert and MBA candidate Alan Cox talks about the GPL, patent politics and the drive to the desktop.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.Torvalds weighs in on Linux trademark row
August 22, 2005 Linux founder defends protection of the trademark and insists that sublicensing is a loss-making operation.
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