Ars Technica notes that IBM, Sony, Philips, Novell, and Redhat have launched the Open Invention Network, a patent sharing company for Linux and Linux related applications:
The OIN patents are available, royalty-free, to anyone that agrees not to use Linux-related patents against other OIN participants. Any company that wishes to take advantage of the OIN patents would effectively have to make their own Linux-related intellectual properties available to the open source community. The OIN will estimulate Linux development and derail lawsuits that could potentially harm Linux and companies that rely upon Linux technologies.
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