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OSDL: Patent Infringement Not a Real Open-Source Threat

Publication:E WeekDate:Sep 29 2006
Reporter:Peter Galli

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The issues of patents, indemnification and the potential risk of using open-source software took center stage at the keynote panel of industry leaders at the Gartner Open Source Summit here Sept. 28.

Patent infringement against open-source projects is not really a threat and is just noise, said Stuart Cohen, the CEO of OSDL (Open Source Development Labs).

"This is just not going to happen," he said.




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