[ltp] Fwd: IBM makes more on Linux then on patents... ? .. ?? ... !!!

[Suso Baleato]

about the IBM - GNU/ Linux relationship...

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Hi All,

James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke Law School,
a board member of Creative Commons and the co-founder of the Center for
the Study of the Public Domain:

"Amazingly, IBM now earns more from what it calls 'Linux-related
revenues' than it does from traditional patent licensing, and IBM is the
largest patent holder in the world. This does not seem like a community
that is declining."


Also see:

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=3D2004110212561520
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/78d9812a-2386-11d9-aee5-00000e2511c8.html#U101244209=
021g4

Boyle's article is a respone to:
Richard Epstein's column, "Why open source is unsustainable".

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/78d9812a-2386-11d9-aee5-00000e2511c8.html#top