Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:44:32 -0500 (EST) | From | linux-os <> | Subject | IBM Patents |
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Tue Jan 11 07:07:40 EST 2005
IBM has announced that it will provide free access to about 500 of its existing software patents to users and groups working on open source software.
http://www.ibm.com/news/us/
Many of these patents relate to interoperability, communications, file-export protocols, and dynamic linking.
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