Amid the Patent Wars, an Oasis of Calm Collaboration

The Open Invention Network – led by IBM, Google and 5 others – seeks a patent “no-fly zone” for open-source software. The consortium, known as the Open Invention Network, is dedicated to protecting a mode of collaborative invention. Specifically, it tries to safeguard the Linux open-source software ecosystem—software that’s written collaboratively and distributed for free—from patent licensing demands and lawsuits from any aggressor.

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