Open source takes center stage
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| OSBC arrives, Month of Enterprise Startups continues, and open
| source IP threats are put to rest
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| Assuming that whets your appetite for more on the topic, I suggest you dig
| into Neil McAllister's "How risky is open source?" -- a look at the legally
| fraught issue of intellectual property in open source. Among other
| findings, Neil points out that the threat of lawsuits is vastly overstated,
| because so many vendors are locked into a "mutually assured destruction" |
| detente over patents.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/21/21OPeditor_1.html
How risky is open source?
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| Often overstated, intellectual property threats apply to both
| proprietary and open source code
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/21/21FEopensourceip_1.html
Analysts: Microsoft's patent claims against open source are no grounds for
panic
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| Organizations that use free software such as Linux shouldn't "panic
| or be concerned about paying Microsoft licensing fees," the analysts
| write in their assessment.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/89969
Engineering Dean discusses obviousness in KSR v. Teleflex
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| According to this view, simply combining these elements does not
| constitute an obvious extension of existing designs. As such,
| it provides expansive opportunities for designers to build upon
| the prior art and yet receive patent protection for their work.
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http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2007/05/engineering-dean-discusses-obviousness.html
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