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eWeek: ACT Warns of Legal Risk with Latest GPL Draft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 6, 2007

“The third discussion draft of the GNU General Public License
Version 3, particularly the provisions designed to block patent
cooperation agreements like the one between Novell and Microsoft,
could potentially expose those developing and using the license to
legal risk.

“So says Richard Wilder, an attorney at Sidley Austin and the
intellectual property counsel for ACT, the Association for
Competitive Technology, which has been one of the most vocal
critics of the recently released third draft…”

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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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