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Open Source Patent-Holding Company Launched

10 November, 2005

A consortium of companies with a vested interest in Linux have announced the creation of a company to acquire patents and offer them royalty-free in order to extend open source operating systems worldwide. The usual suspects are involved, Red Hat, Novell, and IBM; but I'm kind of surporised to see Sony and Philips involved.

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