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Intel withdraws open source license, receives applause

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In a message posted to the OSI license-discuss email list on March 29, Intel attorney McCoy Smith wrote, "Intel has been studying internally the issue of license proliferation. One step Intel would like to take to reduce license proliferation (both internally, and externally, to Intel) is to have the "Intel Open Source License" (aka "BSD License with Export Notice") removed from future use as an approved OSI open source license."

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Comments (2)

AnonymousCoward ·
Harbinger of greater glories, or just a random event? We wait with 'bated breath.
Fritz ·
It seems like a good move, however if anybody ever says that there is Intel code "inside" a product they are distributing, I'm sure Intel will still sue them for infringing on their IP, if not for breaking their license agreement.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/07/30/intel_owns_inside_tr...

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