Linux: Google to Join in Protecting it from Patent Challenge


	Linux: Google to Join in Protecting it from Patent Challenge

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8-7-2007 8:52 AM

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The Open Invention Network members share their Linux patents with each other and offer the prospect of a joint defense if Linux is confronted with a legal challenge.
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Google is following IBM and Oracle in circling the wagons around open source <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="3802396"><NOBR>Linux<IMG src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif" /></NOBR></A>. The company is expected to announce Tuesday that it has become a member of the Open Invention Network, a group that pools Linux patents as a means of turning back any patent infringement challenge to Linux.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201203579"><P>
The addition of Google means seven companies have formed a bulwark of protection around Linux.
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"This is a way for everyone to get together and look after Linux development," said Chris DiBona, open source programs manager for Google in an interview. Every user of the Google search engine is being supported by Linux, and Google manages its internal Web indexing and analysis of Web pages with systems running on clusters of Linux servers. "Linux is very important to Google," DiBona said. 
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