Osdl launches open source patent protection

Posted by tadelste on Aug 10, 2005 6:07 PM EDT
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The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has unveiled a Patent Commons Project that will help developers to avoid infringing patents. The not-for-profit organisation, which aims to further the adoption of Linux, employs several open source developers including Linux creator Linus Torvalds.OSDL chief executive Stuart Cohen said at the LinuxWorld tradeshow in San Francisco that the project will build a library of patents that have been pledged to support open source.

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OSDL is wasting it's time, and it has none to waste dthacker 2 2,058 Aug 11, 2005 9:41 AM

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