Nokia makes its patents available for Linux

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This is another bit of good news for Linux:

Nokia said Wednesday its patented technology may be freely used in the Linux kernel, making the Finnish cell phone giant the newest computing company to begin offering intellectual property protections to open-source programmers.

"Nokia also believes that a party should not enjoy use of Nokia's patents and at the same time threaten the development of the Linux kernel by assertion of its own patents. Therefore, Nokia's commitment shall not apply with regard to any party asserting its patents against any Linux kernel," the company said in a statement.

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[henrygrik]

Hi,
This was a very good news. Now Microsoft have also announced to go with opensource. They are planning to have projects in both of their own windows platform as well as on the Linux software. They are creating the softwares which are supporting the Opensource systems.