The Patent War of All Against All | Linux Today

The Patent War of All Against All

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 16, 2010

[ Thanks to Brendan Scott for this
link. ]

“Glyn Moody has written a post about a system called
U-Prove. Glyn notes that the software is being licensed under a BSD
licence and notes that is a good thing, but then observes that
there is a patent encumbrance on the code, and indicates this is a
bad thing. In a comment, Sam Ramji refers off to this article of
mine, kindly remarking it is a ‘good post’.

“The essence of Glyn’s argument is that the OSP does not
preserve the freedom of free software, so it is not sufficient. Sam
appears to be adopting my comments to the effect that it’s
hard to single out one company for the patent blame game.”


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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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