Tivo, IBM in Cross-Patent Deal
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| Tivo Inc., a maker of digital video recorder technology, said Tuesday it
| paid an undisclosed sum to IBM in a patent cross-license agreement, in
| which each company granted the other a non-exclusive, global,
| royalty-free license to patents.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061003/tivo_ibm.html?.v=1
Sounds very fishy. Open Source principles are not honoured. Only recently:
IBM Establishes Worldwide Patent Policy to Promote Innovation
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| Inspired by a two-month, online forum involving dozens of experts, IBM
| today formalized a new, groundbreaking corporate policy governing the
| creation and management of patents.
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http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/20325.wss
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