Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, ZDNet; Microsoft open-sources its patent portfolio
"Several years ago, I said the one thing Microsoft has to do -- to convince everyone in open source that it's truly an open-source supporter -- is stop using its patents against Android vendors. Now, it's joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), an open-source patent consortium. Microsoft has essentially agreed to grant a royalty-free and unrestricted license to its entire patent portfolio to all other OIN members.
Before Microsoft joined, OIN had more than 2,650 community members and
owns more than 1,300 global patents and applications. OIN is the
largest patent non-aggression community in history and represents a core
set of open-source intellectual-property values. Its members include
Google, IBM, Red Hat, and SUSE. The OIN patent license and member
cross-licenses are available royalty-free to anyone who joins the OIN
community."
Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM, examined in the IP and tech ethics graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology", coming in Summer 2025, includes major chapters on IP, AI, OM, and other emerging technologies (IoT, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR/AR). Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
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