Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Major Victory for Open Source in Jacobsen Decision

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On August 13, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued its decision in the Jacobsen v. Katzer case. http://www.cafc.uscour...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Linuxworld: Looking to the Future of Open Source

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Linuxworld was very interesting this year. As Bob Sutor noted, we stand at a crossroads on the development of Linux and open source (see bel...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Red Hat: How to Settle a Patent Lawsuit for an Open Source Community

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In a recent post, I described at a very general level the patent litigation settlement agreement between Red Hat and Firestar and that the s...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Microsoft & Open Source: The Battleship Microsoft Continues its Turn Towards Engagement with Open Source

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EWeek had an interesting interview with Steve Ballmer that covered Microsoft's view of open source along with other topics after the Mic...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Red Hat Settlement and the Open Source Ecosystem

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The recent settlement by Red Hat of its patent litigation with Firestar Software, Inc. demonstrates the differences how the cooperative natu...
Sunday, June 8, 2008

ALI Legal Recommendations Could Create New Liability for Open Source Licensors

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The American Law Institute ("ALI") has recently published the first draft of the ALI Principles of the Law of Software Contracts (...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

2008 Open Source Think Tank: The Future of Open Source

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Olliance Group, the leading consulting firm for open source companies, has published the Summary Report from the 2008 Open Source Think Tank...