Open Sesame ... Big Bluish Gets Friendly


's friend Jordgubbar has sent him to a greater extent than or less thoughts on a recent proclamation yesteryear IBM, the nature of which is self-explanatory:
"BBC News reported on Mon that IBM intends to license 500 of its States software patents on a royalty-free soil together with so that they tin live on used yesteryear the opened upward root evolution community. IBM has described the footstep equally a "new era" inwards the administration of its patent portfolio together with has indicated that farther patents would live on made to a greater extent than freely available inwards future. The patents include software for a hit of functions, including text recognition together with database administration (a amount listing is available here).

Announcing the pledge, Dr John E. Kelly of IBM said that "True innovation leadership is near to a greater extent than than but the numbers of patents granted". The pledge applies to whatever individual, community, or society working on or using software that meets the Open Source Initiative Definition of opened upward root software. According to States Patent together with Trademark Office, IBM was granted to a greater extent than States patents than whatever other society for the 12th consecutive year. IBM remains the exclusively society to have to a greater extent than than 2,000 patents inwards 1 year. Indeed, the New York Times reports that IBM was granted 3,248 States patents inwards 2004. With reportedly to a greater extent than than 40,000 patents inwards its portfolio, IBM has non stated whatever intention to footstep downwardly its filing activities, together with since it intends to hold the 500 "released" patents, the motion is unlikely to brand a dent (however small) inwards its portfolio maintenance costs. The order would land live on different if IBM announced an intention to pose out previously unpublished software inventions.

IBM's novel logo?

Cautiously welcoming the move, it seems that the opened upward root community is non altogether appeased yesteryear IBM's gesture (e.g. reckon here). Since IBM has non given upward the notion of proprietary rights inwards software (a premise of opened upward source) together with the motion is unlikely to brand whatever pregnant terms impact, what is thus meant yesteryear the "new era" inwards portfolio administration remains unclear."

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