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+ - Open source gets DoD's long-awaited blessing-> 0

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SCHecklerX

on Thursday October 29, 2009 @08:11AM

SCHecklerX writes "New Defense Department guidance puts open-source software on the same level as commercial software and urges DOD agencies to evaluate it on an equal basis with proprietary offerings. The guidance also encourages services to share copies of open-source software internally wherever possible"
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+ - Court Reshapes Patent Reform Debate 0

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SCHecklerX

on Monday November 03, 2008 @01:23PM

SCHecklerX writes "In a ruling with huge implications for the technology sector, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Oct. 30 pure software or business method patents that are neither tied to a specific machine nor change something into a different state are not patentable.

Here is a link to the story"