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Group aims to defend Linux from bad patents
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| A group has been formed to help protect Linux from being undermined by
| poor-quality software patents.
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| Linux Defenders, launched on Monday, aims to enlist the developer community's
| help in finding 'prior art' related to patents affecting open-source code.
| Prior art is information relevant to a claim of originality in a patent. If
| examples of work are collected that show an invention has been described in
| prior art before the patent was granted, then that patent is invalidated.
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| The sponsors of Linux Defenders are the Open Invention Network (OIN), the
| Software Freedom Law Center and the Linux Foundation.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39610702,00.htm
Microsoft and Brother Enter Broad Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement
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| Agreement will cover intellectual property contained in printers and
| multifunctional products, including certain Linux-based technologies.
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| [...]
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| Through this agreement, Brother Industries will gain access to Microsoft's
| patents for Brother's current and future product lines, including
| multifunction products (MFPs), printers and certain Linux-based embedded
| devices.
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http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-04-2009/0004966728&EDATE=
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
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