IBM frees 500 patents

IBM frees 500 patents

Posted Jan 12, 2005 7:58 UTC (Wed) by Wol (guest, #4433)
In reply to: IBM frees 500 patents by justme
Parent article: IBM frees 500 patents

Actually, option #2 wouldn't work.

IBM's patent licence relies on *the* *program* being Open Source (as defined, pretty accurately, by IBM).

And remember, it is the *user* who is liable for any patent violation. So any software company that tried to pull that stunt would simply drop its customers right into IBM's firing line. Just like MS dropped its SQL-Server customers right into Timeline's sights...

Cheers,
Wol

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