IBM, Sony, Philips Form Linux Alliance

Three of the world’s biggest electronics companies – IBM, Sony and Philips – have joined forces with the two largest Linux software distributors to create a company for sharing Linux patents, royalty-free. The Open Invention Network, as the new firm unveiled Thursday is known, could mark a breakthrough in resolving how to protect vendors and customers from patent royalty disputes resulting from freely shared Linux code.

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