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Intel Mandates Universities Receiving Funds Not File Patents

Posted by Unknown on from the constructive-solutions-who-would-have-thought dept.

sproketboy writes "Since January, four U.S. universities have agreed to host Intel Science and Technology Centers that will be funded at the rate of $2.5 million a year for five years. But wait, there's a catch: the company has made it a condition that in order to receive the millions, your university must open source any resulting software and inventions that come out of this research funding."

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  1. It's competitive. by whovian · · Score: 0, Troll

    Open-sourcing also prevents competitors, like AMD, from getting the benefit of said patents. With that, I assume Intel doesn't perceive any serious competition any time soon.

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