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| Open source group buys old Microsoft patents to protect Linux |
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One such group is the Open Invention Network (OIN) which counts companies including IBM, NEC, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony as backers. It’s main purpose is to acquire and license patents that protect the Linux environment. This week it has finalized a deal that sees OIN take control of 22 old Microsoft patents which the Redmond giant had already sold on to Allied Security Trust (AST). AST agreed to sell those patents on to OIN therefore protecting them from future use against users of the Linux OS.
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