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The Software Freedom Law Show
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| Richard Fontana, Open Source Licensing and Patent Counsel from Red Hat, joins
| us for an in-depth interview.
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http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2009/jan/06/0x04/
Related:
Red Hat's new chief: A pragmatic believer?
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| Does the patent settlement you announced recently [with FireStar Software]
| that is consistent with the GPL mean that you are in a better position to be
| able to settle your patent dispute with Microsoft?
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| [Jim Whitehurst:] The problem is that we don't know what the Microsoft
| [patent threat] is. They have said in the past that 235 patents [are
| infringed by Linux] and we have yet to see what any of them are.
| Conceptually, it should be possible but, again, we don't know what we are
| talking about there.
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| When was the last time you spoke to Microsoft regarding patents?
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| [Jim Whitehurst:] I am sure, as a company, we have an ongoing dialogue on a
| lot of things. I have had dialogue at a senior level, but it has been more on
| how we can work better on interoperability for customers; I haven't had any
| direct conversations around the patent issue.
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http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39436604,00.htm
Red Hat settles 2 patent lawsuits filed against it
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| Red Hat, the world's biggest seller of Linux software, said it has settled
| patent claims by Firestar Software Inc, filed in 2006, and DataTern Inc,
| filed this year.
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| Financial terms of the settlements were not disclosed.
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| Red Hat Vice President Rob Tiller said the company is still defending itself
| against a third patent complaint filed in October 2007 by IP Innovation LLC
| and Technology Licensing Corp.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1035078820080611
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