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IBM Has 'No Intention' of Using Patents Against Linux

Posted by michael on from the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die dept.

bendelo writes "In his keynote address on Wednesday at LinuxWorld, IBM Senior Vice President of Technology and Marketing Nick Donofrio assured the Linux nation his company would not assert its formidable patent portfolio against the Linux kernel and strongly advocated others to promise the same. This comes following an independent study by insurance firm OSRM who revealed this week that the Linux kernel might use up to 283 patented methods. This seems a smart move by the Big Blue to help counter the FUD going around." A zdnet.com.com story has a response from Bruce Perens, who basically says he wants to see it in writing. :)

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  2. IBM is full of S$#T by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I used to work for IBM. They are a bloated, slow albatross that will talk a bunch of crap upfront and apologise later.

    Bruce Perens is right, needs to be in writing.