Builder AU: NSW Government Wants Linux IP, Patent Protection

"The NSW government is asking Linux companies seeking appointment to a panel of suppliers to its agencies to address their ability to protect customers from 'anti-Linux' litigation.

"Included in a NSW government list of selection criteria tenderers should address if they want to be appointed to the panel is a tenderer's 'capacity to protect a customer from anti-Linux litigation, particularly any alleged claims of patent or intellectual property infringement...'"

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