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Apr 13, 2005
"Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace." --Dwight D. Eisenhower
Free Patents
Why is IBM, which earns more than $1 billion a year from licensing and selling its intellectual property, deciding to share some its patents for free? Simple economics. It believes there is more profit in collaboration and open source on its ideas rather than jealously guarding its patents with a team of lawyers.