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Revision as of 07:56, 3 August 2011
Red Hat is a software company which lobbies against software patents.
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Lobbying against software patents
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Anti-swpat lobbying in India
In response to a 2008 proposal in India to change the patents manual to allow software patents, Red Hat submitted a letter arguing to continue excluding software from patentability.[1]
Litigation
By Red Hat
No known cases. (And no reason to think there have been any.)
Against Red Hat
- Software Tree LLC (Acacia) v. Red Hat (2009, USA) - settled out of court (controversially[2])
- Acacia v. Red Hat and Novell (2010, USA) - patents ruled invalid (Acacia operated as IP Innovation LLC)
SOAP patent controversy
Section need checking: The accuracy of this section should be checked. Discussion of the possible problems can be found on the talk page in the section Talk:Red Hat#SOAP controversy
Despite lobbying against software patents, Red Hat has raised some concerns when it began applying for software patents related to SOAP communication. Red Hat offers a non-aggression patent promise, but this promise is indeed a "promise", not a licence, and it's not irrevocable. Thus, if Red Hat had a change of management or was bought out, these patents could be used aggressively. The promise is also limited to only protecting the free software community.
While Red Hat previous owned software patents, these were just incidentally acquired when Red Hat bought other companies. The SOAP patent was worrying because it was the first act showing intent/desire to hold patents in its area of activity.
Press coverage
- Slashdot: Red Hat Patenting Around Open Standards
- H-online: The Red Hat Patent Problem and AMQP
- DigtalMajority: Red Hat patents SOAP processing over CGI
- DigitalMajority: Did Red Hat lobby for, or against software patents in Europe?
- BoycottNovell: Red Hat, Microsoft, EU Lobbyists, and Software Patents
- FFII reaction to software patents/Red Hat controversy
- Bricolage - a project which may contain prior art to RH's SOAP patent
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- Open Invention Network - of which Red Hat is a member
- Free software - Red Hat's main area of business
- Software Tree v. Red Hat (2009, USA)
External links
- Red Hat on Patents (VIDEO), Nov 2009
- Red Hat Files its Bilski Brief: Asks Supreme Ct. to Exclude Software From Patentability, 1 Oct 2009, Groklaw
- Red Hat to submit 11-page case against software patents to European regulators, 31 Apr 2009, The Register' - anyone know what happened of this?
- Red Hat Makes its Position Patent, 5 May 2009, Glyn Moody - regarding the EPO EBA referral G3-08
- Red Hat Makes History With Patent Settlement - Compatible with GPLv3, 11 June 2008, Groklaw
- Red Hat pitches software-patents-free Europe, 30 Apr 2009, The Register - about their brief for the EPO EBA referral G3-08
- "Red Hat Puts Patent Issue to Rest", 2008, Red Hat
- Red Hat settles patent case with Acacia - shares few details, 4 Oct 2010, internetnews.com
- Red Hat's patent settlement with Firestar
Related to Fedora
Fedora is a partly independent project with large involvement from Red Hat.
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