GNOME, the popular Linux desktop, didn’t just avoid paying a patent troll, it won the right for any product under an Open Source Initiative license to use code covered by …read more Source:: Linux
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GNOME sends message to ‘patent trolls’ and files defence against lawsuit
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•The foundation will fight the patent lawsuit. …read more Source:: Linux
GNOME faces ‘baseless’ patent lawsuit for organising images
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•The patent is for a system and method for distributing digital photographic images. …read more Source:: Linux
Open Invention Network, the Linux-based patent non-aggression community, exceeds 3,000 licensees
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•While some businesses remain entangled in patent wars, the companies which have joined the OIN are freeing Linux from patent fights. …read more Source:: Linux
Microsoft open-sources its patent portfolio
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•By joining the Open Invention Network, Microsoft is offering its entire patent portfolio — with the legacy exception of its Windows and desktop application code — to all of the …read more Source:: Linux