[eside-ghost] CA se une a IBM y no demandará al SL por utilizar sus patentes

[Alayn Gortazar]

Una noticia interesante...

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CA Confirms Plans for Open Source Patent Pledge News Staff, Computer Business Review Online

Systems management vendor Computer Associates International has confirmed that it intends to pledge a number of its patents to the open source community to remove any perceived threat against the Linux operating system. In August 2004, a group called Open Source Risk Management claimed to have identified 287 patents that could cover technologies in the Linux kernel, including 27 Microsoft Corp patents and 98 patents owned by so-called Linux-friendly companies, although it also noted that none of these patents had been tested in court. CA's plan is the latest move by one of those "Linux-friendly" companies to make it clear that they do not intend to use patents against Linux. In October 2004, Novell Inc vowed to use its patent portfolio to protect open source products against third-party patent challenges. Compared with the likes of IBM, CA is not a major patent holder but it has built up a number of patents through its numerous acquisitions over the years, and the company is in the process of identifying any patents that might apply to open source.

http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=DC531E86-85D0-42C4-A752-DFA5DA446142
See also http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2005-01-13-a.html#commonsContribs
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Agurrrrrrr!!!

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Zurt

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