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eWeek: Rotten Grapes, IBM and Patents

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jan 12, 2005

“IBM has recently opened the doors for open-source programmers
to freely use 500 of its patents in their software so long as their
projects meets the Open Source Initiative definition of open-source
software.

“Good news, yes…?”

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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