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(External links: * 2009: [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/30/red_hat_europe_patents/ Red Hat pitches software-patents-free Europe], about their brief for the EPO EBA referral G3-08)
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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.<ref>http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/patent/Patent_Manual_Feedback/REDHAT_INDIA_PVT._LTD._NEW_DELHI.pdf</ref>
 
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.<ref>http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/patent/Patent_Manual_Feedback/REDHAT_INDIA_PVT._LTD._NEW_DELHI.pdf</ref>
  
==SOAP patent controversy==
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'''This section appears to be either misleading or inaccurate in several regards. I have asked folks to review this page. -- Warren Togami 20100207'''
 
 
 
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===
 
 
 
* [http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/15/153226 Slashdot: Red Hat Patenting Around Open Standards]
 
* [http://www.h-online.com/open/The-Red-Hat-Patent-Problem-and-AMQP--/features/112899 H-online: The Red Hat Patent Problem and AMQP]
 
* [http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-140033/red-hat-patents-soap-processing-over-cgi DigtalMajority: Red Hat patents SOAP processing over CGI]
 
* [http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-141169/did-red-hat-lobby-for-or-against-software-patents-in-europe DigitalMajority: Did Red Hat lobby for, or against software patents in Europe?]
 
* [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://viewsvn.bricolage.cc/bricolage/trunk/bin/bric_soap?view=log Bricolage - a project which may contain prior art to RH's SOAP patent]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 05:21, 15 March 2010


Bilski submissions

Red Hat filed strongly anti-software-patent briefs for both the 2008 in re Bilski case and the 2009 Bilski v. Kappos case.

EU anti-swpat lobbying

During the EU Software Patents directive, Red Hat financed the No Software Patents campaign. Their counsel at the time Mark Webbink was also regularly in the European Parliament.[1]

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.[2]

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External links

Related to Fedora

Fedora is a partly independent project with large involvement from Red Hat.

References

  1. I know this from personal contact with him in the parliament, but we should find a citation for it.
  2. http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/patent/Patent_Manual_Feedback/REDHAT_INDIA_PVT._LTD._NEW_DELHI.pdf