IBM Gives FOSS Free Access to 500 Patents - Rethinks IP Management

[Greg Rundlett]

If you've been as busy as I've been lately, you might not have heard 
that IBM is proving Linus' quote: "Linux is inevitable".  With a 
dramatic shift in their 'Intellectual Property' Management, IBM is 
standing behind free software more than ever.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050110235654673

-- 
Greg Rundlett
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