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Open-source screening company hires legal muscle
June 18, 2004 Black Duck Software has tapped an IP specialist to advise companies about the use of open-source and proprietary software.Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts
May 14, 2007 Company's more threatening stance spotlights its effort to pressure open-source firms to license its patents.Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents
May 14, 2007 Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents.Ballmer repeats threats against Linux
February 20, 2007 In no-nonsense presentation to New York analysts, Microsoft's CEO warns Linux sellers that open-source "is not free."AMD nurtures open-source graphics
September 6, 2007 Overcoming ATI's earlier objections, AMD is actively cooperating on open-source software to support its graphics chips.HP memo: Microsoft planned open-source patent fight
July 20, 2004 Hewlett-Packard backs away from 2002 memo fearing its close ally was ready to sic lawyers on open-source software.Novell plugs open source, dings SCO
March 16, 2004 A Novell executive says the intellectual property foundations of open-source software are sound. "Sorry, Darl," he says in a jab at SCO chief Darl McBride.Week in review: Microsoft's patent offensive
May 18, 2007 Company identifies infringed-on patents, invites infringers to strike licensing deals. Not many takers, so far.Nokia: Linux kernel may use our patents
May 26, 2005 Finnish company is the latest to begin offering intellectual-property protections to open-source programmers.Experts say Microsoft's patent quest won't go far
May 16, 2007 It's unrealistic for Microsoft to expect open-source groups to actively seek out patent infringements, experts say.IBM: Proprietary technology not enough
April 6, 2005 These days, it's necessary to balance proprietary, open-source approaches, Big Blue exec stresses at conference.This week in Linux news
November 19, 2004 Sun to provide legal protection from patent-infringement suits to those using, developing open-source Solaris--a move to counter Linux.Open-source firm offers to protect customers from lawsuits
October 17, 2006 Software seller OpenLogic says it will indemnify buyers against legal action connected with its open-source products.Sun criticizes popular open-source license
April 6, 2005 Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz applauds the open-source software realm but takes jabs at the GPL.How to fight against patent terrorism
January 6, 2005 Attorney Richard Wilder says CIOs will increasingly need to weigh indemnification policies before making purchases.IBM should indemnify open-source customers
October 23, 2003 Forrester Research's Julie Giera has some advice for those that are considering doing business with companies that refuse to indemnify their open-source software customers.Trade deal exports DMCA down under
August 3, 2004 President Bush signs a trade deal that extends controversial software patents and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to Australia.Opening up an open-source roadblock
February 21, 2007 If the FSF succeeds in blocking a landmark deal, the biggest losers will be software consumers, policy analyst James DeLong says.Open source: A nonproprietary world
September 13, 2003 Open-source software has underlying source code that may be freely seen, changed and redistributed--in sharp contrast with proprietary software from companies such as Microsoft or Oracle.Education software firm OKs open-source patent use
February 1, 2007 Blackboard, whose software manages university courses, pledges not to use patents against open-source alternatives.
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