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Friday, January 14, 2005
Open Source Friday - IBM opens patents to open source developers
IBM is letting 500 patents roam free among open source developers.Big Blue Opens the Patent Vault:
IBM believes the patents it is opening up to open source developers will help foster continued innovation. They also can contribute to open standards and broader interoperability between applications by providing open source developers with a solid base of innovation they can use and share. At LinuxWorld in August, IBM pledged not to assert any of its patents against the Linux kernel. Today's pledge covers thousands of open source projects and programs.
These are the kind of announcements that remind us that open source software -- and the freedoms it provides -- are a growing part of the computer world. Open source software, which includes Linux, the GNU utilities, Apache's web server, and the Firefox/Mozilla web browsers, are not only competitive with commercial products, but are increasingly superior to them.
