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vnunet: IBM Expands Open Source Patent Push

Oct 25, 2005, 15:15 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Tom Sanders)

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"IBM has opened up its entire patent portfolio for the development and implementation of selected open healthcare and education software standards.

"The pledge means that Big Blue will not enforce its patents or charge a licence fee if any of the covered technologies in this sector infringe upon the patents..."

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