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:vnunet: Perens Thumps OSDL Patent Pact
vnunet: Perens Thumps OSDL Patent Pact
Aug 11, 2005, 16 :00 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (9475 reads)

(Other stories by Tom Sanders)

"The patent pool being built by the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) is useless in the defence against Microsoft, according to open source activist Bruce Perens speaking at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco.

"'The patents come from the wrong people,' he said during a meeting with reporters, because only friends of open source will submit to the pool..."

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BusinessWeek: Foolproofing Open Source(Aug 11, 2005)
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From the article:"You have this skeleton ...   Why is Open-Source Specified?   
Jonathan Bartlett
Aug 11, 2005, 17:18:13
 
I think you point your missing is the no ...   Re: Why is Open-Source Specified?   
stumbles
Aug 11, 2005, 19:01:25
 
Where is Bruce's contribution to the ...   So?   
Richard Steven Hack
Aug 11, 2005, 19:03:36
 
I wonder whether a GPL copyleft style pa ...   GPL style patent license   
Shiva
Aug 12, 2005, 10:16:50
 
I look at the problem like this.  The ge ...   I disagree with Perens   
Joe Almeida
Aug 12, 2005, 18:45:01
 
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