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  • Szulik: Software patents 'retard' innovation

    Software patents are slowing innovation, Red Hat Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said on Tuesday.

  • Protests derail software patents vote

    The European Parliament delays voting on a controversial software-patents directive, following protests and criticism by computer scientists and economists.

  • HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal

    Open-source programmers might not like the idea of software patents, but those critics would be better off adapting to the fact that they're not going away, Hewlett-Packard's top Linux executive said Tuesday.

  • Patent opponents claim EU success

    By withdrawing its support for the EU directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions, the Polish government may prevent software patenting being introduced in Europe.

  • Poles push patents off EU agenda

    The EU has again failed to ratify the software patent directive after a crucial last-minute intervention, and opponents of software patents are celebrating.

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  • The open source patent conundrum

    Although Sun Microsystems recently made software patents available for use by open-source developers, OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture is turning increasingly murky.

  • Bill Gates and other communists

    Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.

  • Sun's no-op announcement

    Richard Stallman says even if Sun and others follow IBM's lead and started defusing the patent minefield of software development, the battle against software patents must continue.

  • Patent problems plague Linux

    The patent system is supposed to encourage technological innovation. Instead, it rewards those who have the knowledge and resources to work it to their advantage.

  • Microsoft opens up: Everything you need to know

    The software company has made a big show about opening up its APIs, but has it really changed its stance towards open source?

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  • Patent creates IM wrinkle

    America Online has quietly secured a patent that could shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging software.

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