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In the 2008 [[Bilski]] case, submitted a strongly anti-swpat brief.[http://www.redhat.com/f/pdf/federal_circuit_brief.pdf] | In the 2008 [[Bilski]] case, submitted a strongly anti-swpat brief.[http://www.redhat.com/f/pdf/federal_circuit_brief.pdf] | ||
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* [http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/15/153226 Slashdot: Red Hat Patenting Around Open Standards] | * [http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/15/153226 Slashdot: Red Hat Patenting Around Open Standards] | ||
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* [http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/29/red-hat-microsoft-eu-lobbyists/ BoycottNovell: Red Hat, Microsoft, EU Lobbyists, and Software Patents] | * [http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/29/red-hat-microsoft-eu-lobbyists/ BoycottNovell: Red Hat, Microsoft, EU Lobbyists, and Software Patents] | ||
* [http://lwn.net/Articles/190144/ FFII reaction to software patents/Red Hat controversy] | * [http://lwn.net/Articles/190144/ FFII reaction to software patents/Red Hat controversy] | ||
| + | * [http://viewsvn.bricolage.cc/bricolage/trunk/bin/bric_soap?view=log Bricolage - a project which may contain prior art to RH's SOAP patent] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 07:54, 7 August 2009
Bilski submissions
In the 2008 Bilski case, submitted a strongly anti-swpat brief.[1]
SOAP patent controversy
Despite lobbying against software patents, Red Hat has raised some concerns when it began applying for software patents related to SOAP without offering a strong non-aggression promise to the free software community.
- Slashdot: Red Hat Patenting Around Open Standards
- H-online: The Red Hat Patent Problem and AMQP
- Slashdot: Red Hat's plan for software patents in Europe
- 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
See also
- Open Invention Network - of which Red Hat is a member
External links
- 2009-04-31: Red Hat to submit 11-page case against software patents to European regulators - anyone know what happened of this?
- 2009-05-05: Red Hat Makes its Position Patent, by Glyn Moody regarding the EPO EBA referral G3-08
- 2009: Groklaw - Red Hat Makes History With Patent Settlement - Compatible with GPLv3
