SearchEnterpriseLinux: IP, Patents, Copyrights No Longer a Linux Afterthought | Linux Today

SearchEnterpriseLinux: IP, Patents, Copyrights No Longer a Linux Afterthought

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 29, 2004

[ Thanks to Jan
Stafford
for this link. ]

“The SCO Group Inc.’s multibillion dollar lawsuit against IBM,
Red Hat Inc. and commercial Linux users may be without merit, but
it has served to elevate the issue of intellectual property in the
consciousness of developers and enterprise decision makers with
open source software in-house.

“On the eve of the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, which is
the biggest annual gathering of Linux talent and sellers, talk of
IP, copyrights and patents–once relegated to an
afterthought–figures to be foremost for debate…”


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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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