Protecting Open Source Growth in Cyber security through Patent Non-Aggression
April 5, 2019 – According to Cybersecurity Ventures, between 2017 and 2021, more than $1 trillion will have been cumulatively spent on cybersecurity products and …
The top 5 Linux and Open-Source stories of 2018
January 3, 2019 – First, last January there were a lot of exhausted and angry Linux kernel developers. That’s because a fundamental chip design …
The 8 biggest open source milestones in 2018
December 03, 2018 — From new Codes, new attitudes, new deals, and new patents–Linux had a successful 2018. Jack Wallen glances into his wayback machine …
What’s the deal with Microsoft’s open-source friendly patents?
October 24, 2018 — In the aftermath of Microsoft joining the Open Invention Network Linux-friendly patent consortium, many questions remained, and at Open Source Summit …
Linux Journal interview with Erich Andersen of Microsoft and Keith Bergelt of OIN, who dive into why Microsoft joined OIN.
October 14, 2018 — Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Erich Andersen, Corporate Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft and Keith Bergelt, CEO …
Microsoft promises to defend—not attack—Linux with its 60,000 patents
October 10, 2018 — Software giant joins a patent cross-licensing community that protects open source software. Microsoft has made billions from its extensive library of software …
Why Microsoft may be relinquishing billions in Android patent royalties
October 10, 2018 — Today marks the end of an era. Microsoft is announcing that it has made peace with the free world. Specifically, the world …
Microsoft has signed up to the Open Invention Network. We repeat. Microsoft has signed up to the OIN
October 10, 2018 — OIN is all about Linux, and protecting its fans from trolls waving the Intellectual Property (IP) stick at the platform. OIN …
Microsoft Just Did Something Big With 60,000 Patents
October 10, 2018 — Microsoft, once a staunch opponent of open-source technology, is joining the Open Invention Network consortium, created to protect open-source technologies from patent …
Microsoft vows to protect Linux from future patent wars by joining the Open Invention Network
October 10, 2018 — After years of waging patent war on Google’s Linux-based Android mobile operating system, Microsoft agreed Wednesday to join the Open Invention Network …
