ZDNet: R_x for Linux [Parts 2 & 3]

From Part 2:

"Right now a person with a bright new programming idea and a full time job that doesn't involve commercializing bright new programming ideas for the employer faces a tough problem.

"How tough it is depends on where the person is, because licensing and patent issues will affect his choices quite differently in different parts of the world--everything from the finders-keepers attitude state officials enjoy in Communist China to cronyism and a resurgent class of above the law families in Europe and Canada..."

Complete Story (Part 2: SCO, Patents, and Money)

Complete Story (Part 3: Licensing Clarity)

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