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Showing 1-10 of 10 results foundEurope'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.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.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.U.K. considers wiki to ease patent bottleneck
December 14, 2006 Proposal would set up peer review of patents via wiki before they are submitted to government examiners.Stallman: OSDL patent project 'worse than nothing'
September 19, 2006 Project to fight low-quality patents could make legal terrain tougher for open source, FSF founder says.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.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.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.The Green view of cyberspace
March 30, 2006 European Parliament member David Hammerstein Mintz offers a Green Party spin on the tech world. Sponsored matches for "software patent"
