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CA Releases Patents to OSS

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday September 7, 2005 @11:32AM from the moving-in-the-right-direction dept.

simonfairfax writes "ComputerWorld reports that Computer Associates International has released 14 patents to the opensource community, following IBM's lead. From the article: 'CA said it is joining IBM in encouraging other companies to create an industrywide "patent commons" in which patents are pledged royalty-free to further innovation in areas of broad interest to developers and users of IT.'"

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First Post by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-07 11:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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fp by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-07 11:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Nothing is Free in this Life by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-07 11:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Nothing is free in this life. What is California Associates' angle? What does California Associates get out of this "generosity"?
Look at the situation in New Orleans. Even stingy, greed Thais donated to the relief effort in New Orleans although the donation was miniscule. You'd need a microscope to see it. The Thai donation was quid pro quo for the American effort in January of this year. A naval force of 15,000 Americans went to Thailand and Indonesia to provide assistance for tsunami relief.