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

  • 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.

  • SCO, SuSE bullish despite differences

    SuSE and SCO Group issued bullish statements about their business prospects Wednesday, even though the estranged business partners sit on opposite sides of the Linux fence.

  • SCO sues Big Blue over Unix, Linux

    SCO Group, inheritor of the intellectual property for the Unix operating system, has sued IBM for more than US$1 billion, alleging Big Blue misappropriated SCO's Unix technology and built it into Linux.

  • What if SCO wins?

    Open source companies are growing up and becoming the profit-oriented entities that companies at their core truly are. But this can be like watching Dr. Jeckyl turn into Mr. Hyde.

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  • What if SCO wins?

    Open source companies are growing up and becoming the profit-oriented entities that companies at their core truly are. But this can be like watching Dr. Jeckyl turn into Mr. Hyde.

  • Red Hat: Walking the Linux tightrope

    Marketing director Paul Salazar admits there have been plenty of hiccups along the way but says Red Hat is now working hard to please the open-source community and investors alike.

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