“In a first for the Java community, JBoss Group officials said
they would protect customers from legal hassles surrounding any
potential patent claims involving the popular open-source
application server.“‘We really want to show people that open source is an equal or
better way to doing business as commercial software,’ said Bob
Bickel, JBoss vice president of strategy and corporate development.
‘The companies that we typically compete against, like BEA Systems,
have these terms and so we want our customers to have similar
terms.’“The announcement signals a change in atmosphere when it comes
to open source software, where the perception of the movement has
always been one of a benevolent community of developers working
towards a common goal. d Dell have said they have no plans to offer
indemnification…”