I have a real treat for you. I have the trial transcripts from the IPI v. Red Hat and Novell patent litigation. As you know, the jury just ruled that the three asserted patents were not valid.
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After Acacia Case Red Hat is Free, SUSE is Still Not Free
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In the aftermath of the Acacia case it is important to point out that SUSE is still encumbered with unjustified patent tax (Microsoft's racket)
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Canonical, Ubuntu, and Software Patents
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FCC hands Hollywood the keys to your PC, home theater and future
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Now here's the really scary part:
I'm not just talking about TVs and set-top boxes here. This stuff is targetted squarely at operating system vendors.
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Rhodes 2.0 to be MIT licensed
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RhoMobile has announced that Rhodes 2.0, the latest version of its platform for building native applications for mobile devices, will be available under an MIT licence
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You can't even drive free software without a license
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Software licensing in general, and open source licensing in particular, is poorly understood. I was reminded of this last week when speaking on a panel to a group of investors and entrepreneurs, the value of whose companies depends on protection of their intellectual property.
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First, we kill all the patent lawyers
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Actually, I don't think we should kill all the patent lawyers. Some of my best friends are patent attorneys -- no, really. But I'd happily stick a knife into the American patent system.
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Is an open license enough?
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Does having an open license for a software project, have all the advantages negated if the development process is basically closed to the outside world?
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Canonical licenses H.264/AVC, Ogg Out?
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Canonical are currently the only Linux company to license H.264/AVC, the patented non-free technology used to compress video and favoured by companies such as Apple & Microsoft for HTML5 Video.
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Ogg versus the world: don't fall for open-source FUD
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While researching the recent battle over H.264 as the default HTML5 media format, I’ve discovered that open-source advocates are just as capable of spreading FUD as those mega-corporations. And the single worst offender is the Free Software Foundation.
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Red Hat Appears to Have Done More Against Acacia (Patent Troll)
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The two companies in red defended themselves against a Microsoft-associated patent troll, but details about the trial remain limited even after its conclusion; no statement from Novell yet
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Red Hat Prevails in Federal District Court
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Red Hat, Inc. announced that today a jury in federal court in Marshall, Texas, returned a verdict in favor of Red Hat, Inc. and Novell, Inc. in a case alleging patent infringement brought by IP Innovation LLC, a subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation and Technology Licensing Corporation.
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Red Hat and Novell Beat IP Innovation and in Marshall, Texas, too
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Do you remember the patent infringement case IP Innovation filed against Red Hat and Novell in 2007? We looked for prior art, if you recall. Well, I'm very happy to tell you that Red Hat and Novell have prevailed in the litigation...
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Acacia’s Case Against GNU/Linux is Dead
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The patent troll known as Acacia loses its case against Red Hat and against Novell
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Novell v. Vigilant Insurance
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Well, this is fascinating. Here's an order from Judge Ted Stewart in a dispute between Novell and its insurer, Vigilant Insurance Company. Novell tried to get them to pay for the SCO v. Novell litigation back in 2004 and they refused, so Novell sued last May.
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