Redhat Spins Off Fedora Project

Posted by Zonk on Friday June 3, 2005 @05:32AM from the growing-up dept.

Blahbooboo3 writes "In a bid to attract a larger following among developers, Red Hat has spun off its Fedora open source project into a more independent foundation. As part of the transition, the Fedora open source project will transfer development work and copyright ownership of contributed code to the foundation but Red Hat will continue to provide substantial financial and engineering support." From the article: "The proposed patents common, which mimics the Creative Commons licensing scheme for creative works including art and music, is designed to enable developers to exchange ideas with fewer concerns about patent infringement. and Red Hat's efforts to lobby for patent reform in the U.S. and Europe."

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Re:As of yet... by DrinkingIllini · 2005-06-03 05:40 · Score: 3, Informative

From the article...

At the Red Hat Summit, Mark Webbink, Deputy General Counsel at Red Hat, is expected to announce the creation of the Fedora Foundation and the Software Patent Commons.

That is why there isn't anything on the websites yet, it hasn't been "officially" announced.
Re:As of yet... by brontus3927 · 2005-06-03 05:47 · Score: 3, Informative

Oops, I meant to link to those articles.
CRN, GeekCoffee, Business Wire, and eWeek

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