Heise: Linux Defender - A new free initiative to protect open source software http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-112665/heise:linux-defender-a-new-free-initiative-to-protect-open-s Posts in the discussion thread "Heise: Linux Defender - A new free initiative to protect open source software" - Today, Tuesday, 9th of December, a consortium of technology companies, has launched a new initiative designed to protect open source software against aggressive patents. Called Linux Defenders the new, free, service provides a group of engineers and lawyers who will help shape, structure, and document new open source software inventions in the form of a "defensive publication". Linux defenders then submit this "defensive publication" to the IP.com web site, which is a database used by patent examiners when they are evaluating patent applications for true novelty. Defensive publishing of this type is a pre-emptive measure against those who file, often unsound, patents based on already available information, purely for profit. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:55:03 +0000 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-112665#post-333155 Heise: Linux Defender - A new free initiative to protect open source software http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-112665/heise:linux-defender-a-new-free-initiative-to-protect-open-s#post-333155 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:00:37 +0000 zoobab 2946 "Today, Tuesday, 9th of December, a consortium of technology companies, has launched a new initiative designed to protect open source software against aggressive patents. Called Linux Defenders the new, free, service provides a group of engineers and lawyers who will help shape, structure, and document new open source software inventions in the form of a "defensive publication". Linux defenders then submit this "defensive publication" to the IP.com web site, which is a database used by patent examiners when they are evaluating patent applications for true novelty. Defensive publishing of this type is a pre-emptive measure against those who file, often unsound, patents based on already available information, purely for profit."

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