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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.'"

5 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Matter meets anti-matter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stop polluting the software world with the viral GPL.

    Problem solved.

  2. 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...

  3. Nice try by basketcase · · Score: -1, Troll

    So we are supposed to think they are the good guys because they opened up (slightly) patents on things they never should have applied for anyways (like "graphical display of data").

    If they want me to consider them to be the good guys they will have to relinquish all such ridiculous pattents.

  4. 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.

    --
    It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
  5. (plus one InfOrmative) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Chaanel, you might