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March 17, 2008
Article #19625
Volume 121, Issue 3
Free and Open Source Software
 

the most important protection for developers comes from creating mutual patent grants between developers.

-- Simon Phipps, Sun
 

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Moving to LGPLv3
Offers Stronger Protection Against Software Patents


When the beta release of OpenOffice.org (OOo) 3.0 becomes available later this year, it will be licensed under the Lesser GPL (LGPL) 3.0, which Sun says is more flexible and protective against software patents. Currently, OOo is covered under LGPL 2.1. [...read more...]

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