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Treading the thin line between Free, Proprietary and Open Source Software
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| Furthermore, whilst Microsoft may be
| making concessions to open source and are
| happy to play with open source when it
| suits their needs they are also willing to
| use other methods where it best suits
| their business. For example, on patents
| Darren Strange (Head of Open Source
| Engagement, Microsoft UK) says âPatents
| drive innovation and they drive openness
| actually.â
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http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2010/01/04/treading-the-thin-line-between-free-proprietary-and-open-source-software/
Microsoft: an end to open hostilities?
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| Indeed, at least as far as IP is
| concerned, Darren Strange, Head of Open
| Source Engagement, Microsoft UK, maintains
| that the company is right to continue to
| argue strongly for the value of software
| patents as part of the innovation process
| and that companies need the protection of
| intellectual property rights in order to
| feel secure in their investment in
| research and development. He says: 'It is
| an important area and I think people kind
| of get it the wrong way around a little
| bit â patents are a good thing and they
| help to fuel the industry. Patents drive
| innovation and they drive openness
| actually, and they drive an industry where
| people can then build on those patents in
| a legal way, everyone mutually respecting
| the same rules. We need to use patents to
| drive innovation and we can do that just
| as well with open source vendors.' He
| argues that a mutual respect for such
| rights will allow everyone, including open
| source developers, to work and flourish
| together.
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http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/microsoft.xml
Recent:
Microsoft sued in patent spat
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| A Massachusetts software company filed suit
| in Bostonâs District Court against Microsoft
| Corp., claiming the Redmond software giant
| infringed its patent on a business method for
| extracting data from spreadsheets.
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http://kpbj.com/business_weekly/2009-12-14/microsoft_sued_in_patent_spat
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