Goog should better take an example from RedHat

Story: Google pledges non-assertion on MapReduce patents for open sourceTotal Replies: 2
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henke54

Mar 29, 2013
1:27 PM EDT
Quote from that article on Heise : >The Google Patent Pledge is somewhat similar to Red Hat's Patent Promise except that Google's applies to specific patents where Red Hat's applies to its entire portfolio of patents.<

Goog should better take an example from RedHat : http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/red-hat-defends-rac...

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Fettoosh

Mar 29, 2013
2:37 PM EDT
Quoting:The Google Patent Pledge is somewhat similar to Red Hat's Patent Promise except that Google's applies to specific patents where Red Hat's applies to its entire portfolio of patents.


There is no similarity at all, Red Hat offers indemnification (defend and protect against) while Google promises not to assert/sue only.

Quoting:The actual pledge says the company will not assert the patent against any developer, distributor or user of "Free or Open Source Software" for patent infringement.
henke54

Apr 17, 2013
4:39 AM EDT
M$ scores biggest patent licensee yet: Foxconn : http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/microsoft-scores-...

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