BIBLIOTHEKE

As reported by the NYTimes:

I.B.M. plans to announce today that it is making 500 of its software patents freely available to anyone working on open-source projects, like the popular Linux operating system, on which programmers collaborate and share code…

“This is exciting,” said Lawrence Lessig, a professor at Stanford Law School and founder of the school’s Center for Internet and Society. “It is I.B.M. making good on its commitment to encourage a different kind of software development and recognizing the burden that patents can impose.”

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