Red Hat

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