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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • January 13, 2005
    An article by Stephen Shankland:

    ``IBM has decided to let open-source developers use 500 software patents without fear of an infringement lawsuit, a new step in its encouragement of the collaborative programming philosophy.
    [...]
    ``IBM said the patents it's liberating cover a broad range of technologies, including linking operating system processes dynamically; protocols for exporting files; interoperability between databases and operating systems; language processing; user interfaces; and the Internet. A full list is available for download [1].

    ``IBM called Tuesday's move a first step.

    ``The company plans to grant royalty-free access to more patents in the future for open-source use, a representative said Monday. It also plans to release patents for use in open standards--a move that could make it easier to embrace such standards within open-source and proprietary software.''

    Full story:
    http://news.com.com/2100-7344-5524680.html

    References:
    1. http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/patents/pledgedpatents.pdf

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