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LinuxWorld: Reactions mixed to IBM vow of no patent warfare on Linux
IBM promised not to turn its patents on Linux, but some are skeptical of Big Blue's pledge. Article
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Attacks against open source failing, says patent attorney
Just before heading out to LinuxWorld, a patent attorney offered her insights into the current legal battles surrounding open source and advice for IT shops and software developers. Article
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Patent review a feather in Linux, open source cap
The United States Patent and Trademark Office last month agreed to review a patent on Microsoft's File Allocation Tables (FAT) technology. The Public Patent Foundation (PubPat) petitioned the USPTO to look at the patent, claiming it was not a novel i... Interview
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IP, patents, copyrights no longer a Linux afterthought
With LinuxWorld at hand, the issue of intellectual property, patents and copyrights isn't going away. Article
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How does the GPL affect the licensing and selling of software?
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GPL restrictions
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Usenix president: Patent challenges will invade open source landscape
There's no rest on the horizon for the lawsuit-weary open source community, said Marshall Kirk McKusick, president of the Usenix Association, a Berkeley, Calif.-based advanced computing user group. Battles over the ownership of software code are just... Interview
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Torvalds: Code development process still 'fine'
The success and maturity of the Linux development process has led to the operating system becoming a mission-critical fixture inside enterprise server rooms and data centers worldwide. But the informal ways of contributing code to the kernel appear t... Interview
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Usenix president: Linux needs better paper trail
Linus Torvalds and the Linux community didn't learn from history and are suffering the consequences as it repeats itself, said Marshall Kirk McKusick, president of the Usenix Association, a Berkeley, Calif.-based advanced computing user group. In thi... Interview
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Do multiple distributions require multiple licenses?
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