Computerworld Australia: Free Software Group Attacks Educational Software Patent | Linux Today

Computerworld Australia: Free Software Group Attacks Educational Software Patent

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 29, 2007

“The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is going to review
the patent held by e-learning software maker Blackboard, in the
wake of a challenge by a group advocating open source software.

“The USPTO responded Thursday to a November 2005 request from
the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) for the review on behalf of
three open source educational software projects…”


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