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CA Releases Patents to OSS

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. GAH!!!! by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...Amazon sues to enforce One-Click BS.

    O_O

    I read that as "Amazon uses One-Click to sue and enforce BS."

    One-click suing... got me scared for a moment...

  2. For chrissakes, stop that! by jd · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're giving Amazon ideas. Dangerous ideas. The last thing we need is for them to add a corporate layer with one-click lawsuit support. Especially if they can break into SCOs offices and steal their beta version of the algorithm.

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