IBM patents method for paying open source volunteers: "A PATENT IBM was granted last December is for an 'invention' that allows independent programmers who might work together to produce a unified software product.
In fact, the patent, 6,658,642 goes further and gives examples such as open source software development such as Linux as the basis for its patent."
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
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