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Boring, boring day
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| RE: A no-fly zone to protect Linux from patent trolls, where the OIN CEO
| says: «We’re not anti-patent by any stretch of the imagination. More patents
| is fine with me, as long as they’re high quality. Quality is the drum we
| beat.» This is 100% bullshit. If it's about “quality software patents”, then
| the OIN is favoring software patents! (But I knew that Linux is suicidal.)
| OTOH, I personally believe that not only software patents should be voided,
| but all kind of patents. We're having too many patents — idiotic and obvious
| or not —, so that any inventor should probably pay too much just to check if
| his work can be considered as original or if he has to pay royalties to
| someone else! This is severely discouraging innovation IMNSHO. Heck, even the
| straw dispenser at McDonalds has a patent number on its top cover! In the
| 21st century, one would expect that ideas that could come to a 3-y.o. kid are
| not covered by patents, but they are.
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http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008/12/09/08/34/05-boring-boring-day
Consortium launches 'LinuxDefenders'
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| "Our activities by their very nature are a deterrent to Microsoft or any
| other company to engage in hostile action or rhetoric," he said. "We didn't
| acquire our existing patent portfolio by accident."
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Open+Source&articleId=9123018&taxonomyId=88&pageNumber=1
Linux, Open Source Get Patent Protection Program
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| "The open source community is getting an IP rights tool that will limit
| distractions created from organizations that like to play the FUD [fear,
| uncertainty, doubt] game," he said. "We enthusiastically encourage the Linux
| and open source communities to contribute to Linux Defenders."
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212300445
Web site launched to safeguard against patent trolls
http://freeculturenews.com/2008/12/09/web-site-launched-to-safeguard-against-patent-trolls/
Linux Defender - A new free initiative to protect open source software
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| Such projects are extremely important to the long term future of open source,
| which by its nature is vulnerable to patent attacks. As open source grows and
| gains commercial acceptance, it becomes a more tempting target for patent
| trolls.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/120237
Linux Defenders to protect open source from patent suits
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| The whole setup was apparently the brainchild of the Open Invention Network
| (the OIN registered the linuxdefenders.org domain, in fact), which appears to
| be patent-friendly twin of Linux defenders. The New York University's Center
| for Patent Innovation provided some of the intellectual foundations for the
| group, and maintains the sites devoted to patent peer review.
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| Overall, this seems like a lot of effort to dedicate to simply staying out of
| trouble but, as the SCO case demonstrated, even spurious patent claims can
| keep open source software (and the companies that rely on it) tied up in
| court for years. Unless and until the patent system is reformed, Linux
| Defenders appears to be a necessary protective measure.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081210-linux-defenders-to-protect-open-source-from-patent-suits.html
Recent:
Linux patent pool to push for 'defensive publication'
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| In coming weeks, OIN will reveal more details of the site, which Bergelt
| described as "a production environment where we educate and train people to
| do this. We'll work with them to make sure it's put in a form that is
| acceptable."
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| The effort will serve as a counterpart to OIN's existing strategy, under
| which it provides its patents royalty-free to companies in exchange for a
| commitment that they won't assert their patents against the Linux system. Its
| backers include NEC, IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat, and Sony. Google, Oracle
| and Alfresco are among the licensees.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/080808-linux-patent-pool-to-push.html
Join LiMo, avoid a patent pantsing from the big lads
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| For all its talk of openness, just a quarter of the code in the LiMo
| Foundation's mobile platform is open source, making it a minefield to
| navigate in terms of protected patents - 300,000 patents to be precise.
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| [...]
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| Gillis said LiMo is on track to release the second version of its platform by
| the end of the year, with the software development kits (SDKs) for Native,
| Webkit and Java coming in the fourth quarter. A compliance program is planned
| for SDKs to ensure that applications written using the toolkits can be ported
| across different handsets, although there's no date for this yet.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/08/limo_opensource_patents/
Getting Inventive With Software Patents
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| A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to talk to OIN's CEO, Jerry
| Rosenthal, who was with IBM for 37 years before setting up OIN. His comments
| about patent trolls – companies whose business is based purely around suing
| others for alleged patent infringement, rather than on making and selling
| things – and how to deal with them, are particularly interesting in the light
| of what has happened since the interview took place.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1001964
Related:
The relentless underhanded assault against Linux
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| Luckily, we have a heavy hitter on our side, as well. A coalition of
| companies, led by IBM, NEC, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony, have created
| the Open Invention Network in order to provide Linux companies legal
| protection against these types of lawsuits.
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http://www.openaddict.com/node/18
Alfresco Becomes Open Invention Network Licensee
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| Alfresco Software has become an Open Invention Network licensee. Alfresco is
| one of the first Open Invention Network startup licensees, joining a growing
| number of leading information technology firms that are dedicated to
| maintaining the health, vitality and collaborative power of Linux.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/application/10975/alfresco-becomes-open-invention-network-licensee
Microsoft Gives OIN the Cold Shoulder
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| “We are always evaluating licensing opportunities but don’t have
| anything specific to say about OIN. However, we remain committed to
| building bridges within the industry,” he said.
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| That response is a little more vague than that from a Microsoft
| spokesperson who told eWEEK previously that “while Microsoft
| actively participates in a wide variety of industry organizations,
| the company has no plans to join the OIN at this stage.”
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2151687,00.asp
Microsoft spreads Linux patents FUD
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| Could it have something to do with taking a big stick and little
| carrot approach to lucrative commercial deals, such as we have seen
| recently with the Novell 'we won't sue you if you jump into bed with
| us' pact? Or perhaps it is more a case of running scared from the
| big stick that the Open Invention Network (OIN), with members such
| as IBM, Philips and Sony at the helm, has been carving which might
| just be long enough to poke Microsoft in the eye and heavy enough
| to do some serious damage in the patent litigation department?
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1465.html
Awards and Moglen mark Red Hat Summit finale
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| We discussed his personal history with Brad Smith, Microsoft's
| general counsel; the battle with Microsoft over its patent agreement
| with Novell, and what he would like for his students, programmers,
| and even reporters on the fringes of media corporations to learn
| about how to change the world.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/14/1510246
US company in talks with IT firms to push Linux system
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| Open Invention Network (OIN), a US firm funded by six companies
| including IBM and Red Hat, is exploring possibilities in India
| to spur innovation and protect the Linux systems widely seen as
| a slow but certain challenge to Microsoft's propriet ary Windows
| operating system.
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| Linux is a free operating system and is gaining popularity with computer
| makers such as Dell, HP, and Lenovo.
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/businessline/blnus/15201606.htm
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