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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. | 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. | ||
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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] | ||
Revision as of 20:07, 16 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.
The main criticism is that their promise is not a licence, it's not irrevocable (so if Red Hat was bought out, it could disappear), and that it only applies to developers, not users or distributors.
- 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
- "Red Hat Puts Patent Issue to Rest"
