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European Parliament ...
Slashdot.org: The European Parliament is on the verge of adopting a directive reforming standards, reform which would introduce FRAND patent licensing terms, an undefined term which has been seen as a direct attack on the fundamental principles of Free and Open Source software. The Business Software Alliance has been very active trying to get ...
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/news/news/debian-project-announces-a-patent-policy
Debian Project annou...
H-Online.com: The free software project has put together an official position on patents and how the Debian community should handle patent related issues....
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/news/news/oracle-withdraws-patent-claim-and-demands-less-compensation
Oracle withdraws pat...
H-Online.com: In the court case against Google about alleged patent infringements by Android, Oracle has withdrawn one patent claim, foregoing the entire patent. The company has also submitted a new expert report on the damages incurred....
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/news/news/malicious-backdoor-in-open-source-messaging-apps-not-spotted-for-3-months
Malicious backdoor i...
ars technica: If you downloaded one of three messaging apps from the Horde Project's FTP server between November and February, you may be wide open to attacks. It's not the first time a trusted developer of open-source software has been hacked....
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/news/news/litigation-between-sco-and-ibm-to-resume
Litigation between S...
ars technica: The litigation between SCO and IBM, which was stayed by the courts during SCO's bankruptcy proceedings, has been reactivated and will now continue....
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