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IBM frees 500 patents

IBM frees 500 patents

Posted Jan 12, 2005 5:25 UTC (Wed) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
Parent article: IBM frees 500 patents

Did anybody else notice that their definition of "open source software" is too loose? It extends the grant even to programs for which redistribution requires the permission of the copyright owner.


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