IBM to release 500 patents to open-source use
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"I.B.M. plans to announce today that it is making 500 of its software patents freely available to anyone working on open-source projects, like the popular Linux operating system, on which programmers collaborate and share code." from I.B.M. to Give Free Access to 500 Patents on NYT (registration required, it is worth doing once and then never having to worry again.) That is an interesting take on the whole situation. I imagine they won't be releasing any patents that OS developers could use to compete with IBM software but it is still a good step. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project South-East Asia Disaster: How you can help Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
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"I.B.M. plans to announce today that it is making 500 of its software patents freely available to anyone working on open-source projects, like the popular Linux operating system, on which programmers collaborate and share code." from I.B.M. to Give Free Access to 500 Patents on NYT (registration required, it is worth doing once and then never having to worry again.) That is an interesting take on the whole situation. I imagine they won't be releasing any patents that OS developers could use to compete with IBM software but it is still a good step. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project South-East Asia Disaster: How you can help Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
Paul Watson wrote: I imagine they won't be releasing any patents that OS developers could use to compete with IBM software that certainly is something to think about... traditionally with open source software, if you want to take code from and existing project and use it to create your own project, you can do that. you have to watch the license, but it is allowed. so what is ibm going to do...? think think think... :) -- Raoul Snyman Saturn Laboratories e-mail: raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za web: http://www.saturnlaboratories.co.za/ blog: http://blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za/ linux user: #333298
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"I.B.M. plans to announce today that it is making 500 of its software patents freely available to anyone working on open-source projects, like the popular Linux operating system, on which programmers collaborate and share code." from I.B.M. to Give Free Access to 500 Patents on NYT (registration required, it is worth doing once and then never having to worry again.) That is an interesting take on the whole situation. I imagine they won't be releasing any patents that OS developers could use to compete with IBM software but it is still a good step. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project South-East Asia Disaster: How you can help Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
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"I.B.M. plans to announce today that it is making 500 of its software patents freely available to anyone working on open-source projects, like the popular Linux operating system, on which programmers collaborate and share code." from I.B.M. to Give Free Access to 500 Patents on NYT (registration required, it is worth doing once and then never having to worry again.) That is an interesting take on the whole situation. I imagine they won't be releasing any patents that OS developers could use to compete with IBM software but it is still a good step. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project South-East Asia Disaster: How you can help Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
Let's clear out all the crap in our IP collection, we don't need 90% of it anymore. One.. scrap it Two... scrap Three... ooh we'll keep this one, we might be able to license it Four... scrap it ... scrap it Hey, I know, instead of scrapping all this IP let's just slap a PR release on it and give it away for FREE! Think of all the spin we can put on to this! Geeks will be chanting IBM in the streets again!
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Everybody is entitled to my opinion
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Let's clear out all the crap in our IP collection, we don't need 90% of it anymore. One.. scrap it Two... scrap Three... ooh we'll keep this one, we might be able to license it Four... scrap it ... scrap it Hey, I know, instead of scrapping all this IP let's just slap a PR release on it and give it away for FREE! Think of all the spin we can put on to this! Geeks will be chanting IBM in the streets again!
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Everybody is entitled to my opinion
A: They aren't scrapping the patents, they are letting OSS projects do things they previously would have had to pay royalties to do B: If IBM get PR from this then what is the harm? Good for them. C: Cynic. Don't come back with "realist", you are being cynical in attributing the sole reason for what IBM are doing as getting free PR. It may be a big reason but it's not the only one. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project South-East Asia Disaster: How you can help Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
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Let's clear out all the crap in our IP collection, we don't need 90% of it anymore. One.. scrap it Two... scrap Three... ooh we'll keep this one, we might be able to license it Four... scrap it ... scrap it Hey, I know, instead of scrapping all this IP let's just slap a PR release on it and give it away for FREE! Think of all the spin we can put on to this! Geeks will be chanting IBM in the streets again!
David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
Everybody is entitled to my opinion
David Wulff wrote: Hey, I know, instead of scrapping all this IP let's just slap a PR release on it and give it away for FREE! Whether cynical or tongue in cheek this made me laugh! :-D Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
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"I.B.M. plans to announce today that it is making 500 of its software patents freely available to anyone working on open-source projects, like the popular Linux operating system, on which programmers collaborate and share code." from I.B.M. to Give Free Access to 500 Patents on NYT (registration required, it is worth doing once and then never having to worry again.) That is an interesting take on the whole situation. I imagine they won't be releasing any patents that OS developers could use to compete with IBM software but it is still a good step. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project South-East Asia Disaster: How you can help Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
Good for IBM. It would be nice to see other restrictive patents lifted for the good of the masses. Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
I'm coloured, yet clear.
I'm fruity and sweet.
I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return! - David Walliams (Little Britain) -
A: They aren't scrapping the patents, they are letting OSS projects do things they previously would have had to pay royalties to do B: If IBM get PR from this then what is the harm? Good for them. C: Cynic. Don't come back with "realist", you are being cynical in attributing the sole reason for what IBM are doing as getting free PR. It may be a big reason but it's not the only one. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project South-East Asia Disaster: How you can help Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
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"I.B.M. plans to announce today that it is making 500 of its software patents freely available to anyone working on open-source projects, like the popular Linux operating system, on which programmers collaborate and share code." from I.B.M. to Give Free Access to 500 Patents on NYT (registration required, it is worth doing once and then never having to worry again.) That is an interesting take on the whole situation. I imagine they won't be releasing any patents that OS developers could use to compete with IBM software but it is still a good step. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project South-East Asia Disaster: How you can help Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
IBM has learned the hard way that if a patent can be worked around easily it will be. This has resulted in standards less than optimal that IBM then has to follow just because everyone else is doing it that way. So IBM often (but not always!) will nearly give away their most useful patents to make sure the best gets implimented. I suspect some are there in hopes that someone will want to use it internally to their company and license it (if reasonable). Others are there to encourage everyone to make the IBM thing a standard instead of lesser alternatives. And the last few are useless, but enough to get a nice number like 500 into a press release. In general it is advised the programers NOT look at these, so I won't be. If I come up with something in this list and use it at work, my company is in a much better situation legally if I know nothing about the patent! (If I know about the patent it costs my company more, though either way we will have to pay for past infringment and license the patent if we want to keep using it)
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"I.B.M. plans to announce today that it is making 500 of its software patents freely available to anyone working on open-source projects, like the popular Linux operating system, on which programmers collaborate and share code." from I.B.M. to Give Free Access to 500 Patents on NYT (registration required, it is worth doing once and then never having to worry again.) That is an interesting take on the whole situation. I imagine they won't be releasing any patents that OS developers could use to compete with IBM software but it is still a good step. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project South-East Asia Disaster: How you can help Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
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