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Software & The Supreme Court
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| Open software developer Red Hat is mounting a Supreme Court
| battle in the nation's highest court, with Jim Whitehurst,
| Red Hat CEO and president and CNBC's Bob Pisani.
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http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1286390389&play=1
FFII and IP Justice file Bilski Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court
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| The Foundation for a Free Informational Infrastructure
| (FFII) and IP Justice filed an Amicus Curiae Brief to the
| U.S. Supreme Court. The case Bilski v. Kappos is expected
| to become a landmark ruling on the future of the U.S.
| patent system. The joint Brief explains the interlink of
| software and business methods, and points out alternatives
| to the so called Machine-or-Transformation test used for
| categorizing patents.
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http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-187043/ffii-and-ip-justice-file-bilski-amicus-brief-to-the-u-s-supreme-court
Recent:
Fake representatives of free software
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Fake_representatives_of_free_software
Fake representatives of free software
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Fake_representatives_of_free_software
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| FOUNDATION FOR A FREE INFORMATION
| INFRASTRUCTURE,
| IP JUSTICE, AND FOUR GLOBAL SOFTWARE
| PROFESSIONALS AND BUSINESS LEADERS IN
| SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT
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http://www.patentlyo.com/files/08-964-foundation-for-a-free-information-infrastructure.pdf
IBM says software patents drive OSS development
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| In its Amicus Brief to the US Supreme Court on the Bilski case, IBM is
| arguing that "patent protection has promoted the free sharing of source code
| [...] which has fueled the explosive growth of open source software
| development."
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| [...]
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| Read also page 42 of the IBM letter:
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| In addition, disclosure of software inventions promotes collaboration
| among software developers (such as open source development)
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| Insane.
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http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-179907/ibm-says-software-patents-drive-oss-development
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