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Open-source allies go on patent offensive
Published: August 11, 2005, 4:00 AM PDT
By Stephen Shankland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

SAN FRANCISCO--Two Linux allies are taking a leaf out of their 
opponents' book as they try to prevent software patents from putting a 
crimp in open source.

Red Hat will finance outside programmers' efforts to obtain patents that 
may be used freely by open-source developers, the top Linux seller said 
Tuesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo here. At the same time, 
the Open Source Developer Labs launched a patent commons project, which 
will provide a central list of patents that have been donated to the 
collaborative programming community.

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