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Sun Files For Patent on Software Licensing Method

Posted by michael on from the deep-sigh dept.

cft_128 writes "CNet writes that Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz has filed for three new patents, one of them on the companies per-employee software pricing plan. The pricing patent application was summarized: 'Method for licensing software to an entity, including determining a per-employee cost for the software, determining a number of employees of the entity, and determining a total licensing cost using the number of employees and the per-employee cost, wherein the total licensing cost comprises a software license for all employees of the entity and all customers of the entity.' The plan was introduced last year on Sun's Java Enterprise System, charging $100 per employee. Schwartz did say that any money the patents generate will be donated to charities."

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  1. Patenting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm curious, when are they going to patent the rogue patenting method?

  2. What next ! by Dolphinzilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heck - what next, someone getting a patent on the combover ? Patenting of the combover

  3. You have 1 new message by maximilln · · Score: 5, Funny

    Relationship Change

    User SUN.COM has made you their foe.

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