Computer Business Review: CA Confirms Plans for Open Source Patent Pledge | Linux Today

Computer Business Review: CA Confirms Plans for Open Source Patent Pledge

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 3, 2005

“Systems management vendor Computer Associates International has
confirmed that it intends to pledge a number of its patents to the
open source community to remove any perceived threat against the
Linux operating system.

“Islandia, New York-based CA’s development architect and
European open source lead, Marcel den Hartog, told ComputerWire
that details of the patent pledge are being worked through by CA’s
chief executive, John Swainson, and CTO, Yogesh Gupta…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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