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Does the DoJ Have FOSS’ Back?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 27, 2011

“In a move designed to protect the free and open source software
(FOSS) community, the U.S. Justice Department has intervened in an
intellectual property case involving four dominant IT enterprises.
The transaction involves software developer Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL)
and a consortium made up of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Oracle
(Nasdaq: ORCL), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and EMC (NYSE: EMC).

“The case could be a landmark in broadening the use of the Linux
operating system and other open source software worldwide.

“As part of a US$2.2-billion deal to be acquired by Attachmate,
Novell agreed to transfer 822 patents to the consortium, CPTN
Holdings, for $450 million.”

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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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