Copyright law is "interesting" to say the least — and incredibly contentious. For some, it is an evil that stifles progress. For others, it is all that stands between them and bankruptcy. As with anything, the nature of copyright is not black and white — there are not just shades of gray, but a whole rainbow of copyright colors.
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FSF Files Amicus Brief in Bilski - The Country Needs and Relies on FOSS
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FSF has now filed an amicus brief in Bilski, and they too ask the Supreme Court "to affirm that software ideas are not patentable":End Software Patents (ESP) executive director Ciaran O'Riordan explained, "Every software patent is a restriction on software developers and users of computers, and there are currently 200,000 software patents in the USA.
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The U.S. is known for its patent friendliness. But a Supreme Court decision in 2008 overturned a patent application by Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw for a risk mitigation process. Now Red Hat is using the so-called Bilski case in support of software non-patentability.
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Amicus Avalanche Opposing Software Patents in the United States (Novell Still Missing)
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Red Hat, the FSF, and the SFLC submit amicus briefs for the Bilski case
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Linux Foundation To Take Stab At 3D Patent Issue
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This week at the X Developers' Conference there was a talk surrounding OpenGL 3.x and its lack of complete support within the latest Mesa code. While development manpower can end up be limiting, there are also some patent / legal issues surrounding this with regard to some parts of core OpenGL being covered by such inhibitive patents.
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What To Do About SCO? Let's Spend More Money on Professional Advisors
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I have a friend whose theory of life is that when you are down to your last $100, rather than skimping, you should go out and spend it on a luxurious, wonderful meal, because afterwards you'll think of something. SCO's Chapter 11 Trustee must be a kindred spirit.
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SFLC files Bilski brief: Software should not be patentable and don't forget the 1st Amendment
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The Software Freedom Law Center has now filed its brief in Bilski. You can read it online here, as well as download it as a PDF or as Postscript. It raises three major points...
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Red Hat addresses Supreme Court on software patents
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Red Hat has filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court. In the brief, Red Hat explains the practical problems of software patents to software developers.
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Red Hat Files its Bilski Brief: Asks Supreme Ct. to Exclude Software From Patentability
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I have exciting news for you. Red Hat has just filed
its brief [PDF] in Bilski, and it's saying things you certainly have been hoping someone would express to the Supreme Court.
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Software Freedom Law Center Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Software Cannot Be Patented
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"Today the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono legal services to non-profit developers and distributors of free software, filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court arguing that software standing alone cannot constitutionally be patented..."
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FSF files brief in Bilski case calling on the Supreme Court to eliminate software patents
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"BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Friday, October 2, 2009 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today submitted an amicus curiae brief calling on the Supreme Court to affirm that software ideas are not patentable.
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"The Free Software Foundation (“Foundation”), founded in October 1985, pioneered a movement of information exchange that initially had significant impact on software development practices, but later also inspired changes in broader fields of great public benefit [...] As an important part of this worldwide free software movement, the Foundation has been both an inspiration for, and a close obs
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Open sourcers strike back at Google cease-and-desist
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Three days after Google told an independent developer to stop bundling proprietary applications with his alternative Android operating system, fans of the popular package have shot back with plans to work around the move.
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Google throws the ‘open’ out of ‘open-source’ by shutting down Android mod
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Well, it was nice while it lasted. With Android, Google had promised us the ideal of a truly open-source mobile operating system being headed by one of the technology world’s most influential organisations. And now, the company has gone ahead and issued a ‘Cease and Desist’ (C&D) order to one of the most popular Android mods around.
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