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Computer Associates Pledges to Open Source Patents

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-fear-the-penguin dept.

DigitumDei writes "Systems management vendor Computer Associates International has confirmed that it intends to pledge a number of its patents to the open source community. This is a move by CA to make it clear that they do not intend to use their patents against Linux. They have, however, ruled out any further large scale donation of CA software code to the open source community as they just released the Ingres database management system under an open source license last year."

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  1. Playing into the hands of OSS opponents... by Shoten · · Score: 1, Funny

    Great, now there'll be open source software that DOES really suck!

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  2. From the press conference... by k4_pacific · · Score: 5, Funny
    CA Spokesperson: We've decided to donate a number of our patents to Open Source.

    Slashdot: And what number would that be?

    CA Spokesperson: Zero!

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  3. Correction to press release by azaris · · Score: 4, Funny

    As it happens, the press release from CA has a slight mistake in it. Instead of pledging to "open source patents", CA pledges to "patent open source". We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

    Sincerely Yours,
    John Swainson
    CEO Computer Associates International