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  • IBM calls for patent reform

    IBM has called for tighter regulation of patents and a review of intellectual property ownership issues in collaborative software development.

  • Father of Java labels patent case atrocious

    The father of Java -- James Gosling -- has described the recent patent case between Sun and Eastman Kodak as "a complete atrocity".

  • Sun will 'take bullets' over patents: McNealy

    As Sun Microsystems moves to tie itself more closely to the developer community by releasing an open source version of Solaris, chief executive officer Scott McNealy has reinforced the company's willingness to "take bullets" to protect end-users from patent and copyright litigation.

  • Rift divides FOSS community, says Linux body

    Linux Australia's immediate past president believes moderate open source developers are being pushed into "a refugee situation" between the 'free software' and 'commercial' hardliners.

  • Gosling: Partnership with Microsoft becoming less relevant

    The father of Java, James Gosling has questioned the technical relationship between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft in light of the antitrust demands of the European Union on the world's biggest software maker.

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