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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Mon/googlelinux.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Mon/googlelinux.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb9016f --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Mon/googlelinux.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Google has thrown its weight behind Linux, [joining][1] IBM, Oracle and others in the Open Invention Network (OIN), a group that pools Linux patents as a way of deterring potential patent infringement challenges. + +The OIN was formed two years ago to allow member to share patents with each other and form a unified front should anyone -- namely Microsoft, masters of Linux FUD -- decide to challenge Linux on the patent front. + +Despite Microsoft's frequent blustering about Linux patents, neither it nor any other patent holder has ever sued Linux developers or a Linux distributor. + +Google is the seventh company to join OIN and brings with it an undisclosed amount of patents to add to OIN's current stockpile of over 100 Linux related patents. + +Chris DiBona, Google's open source programs manager says of the recent announcement, "Linux plays a vital role at Google, and we're strongly committed to supporting the Linux developer community." + +The move is also no doubt meant as a message to Microsoft -- don't mess with Linux. + +[via [Digg][2]] + +[1]: http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/press_release08_06_07.php +[2]: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Google_signs_up_to_become_defender_of_Linux
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