Computer Business Review: OSDL Launches Open Source Patent Commons Library | Linux Today

Computer Business Review: OSDL Launches Open Source Patent Commons Library

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 15, 2005

“The Open Source Development Labs is to officially launch its
Patent Commons Project web site, providing a single source of
information on patents pledged to the open source community.

“Plans for the Patent Commons were revealed in August as the
non-profit Linux and open source advocacy group vowed to make it
easier for developers and the open source industry to identify
patents that have been pledged to the open source community…”


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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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