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Red Hat Makes Patent Promise

Posted by michael on from the cross-our-heart dept.

colonel writes "In a followup to an earlier story about Red Hat filing for software patents, a "promise" has appeared on RedHat's website stating that they do not intend to pursue patents against software licensed under a specific set of licenses. It's not binding in perpetuity, and some licenses are notably absent in the list of approved licences, like the LGPL. But, at least Red Hat's made their intentions clear now."

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  1. Re:Meh. by kraf · · Score: 2, Funny

    > I'm sure you could squeeze out at least four or maybe even five dollars.

    You think you're funny, but that's the actual yearly budget of Debian.

  2. have redhat patened promises ? by add1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    omg ;) for a moment there a thought RedHat had patened promises :) i mean .. someone has already patened sideways swinging so .. i'm a bit paranoid about patents these days i guess :D