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Linus Torvalds

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Richard Fontana

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Zulu Foxtrot Sierra

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Stefano Zacchiroli

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Karen and Bradley play and discuss Panel on   Patents, moderated by Karen Sandler, with Ciarán O'Riordan, Benjamin Henrion, and Deb Nicholson   from the FOSDEM   2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.Show Notes:Segment 0 (00:35) This American Life issued a   retraction of the story we mentioned on 0x24.   This American Life released  a transcript or mp3   of the audio of the retraction.  (02:21) Karen and Bradley introduce the panel. Segment 1 (03:58)This is the recording of the panel.  Some of the questions aren't   completely audible, but Dan did a pretty good job boosting it in   places.Segment 2 (32:21) IBM's amicus   brief in Bilski clearly shows that IBM is pro-software   patent. (33:48) The Linux   System Definition which defines the only patents available   for licensing by OIN licensees, was unilaterally updated recently   without consulting the Free Software community. Keith   Bergelt of OIN will speak at Linux Collaboration 2012 on the Legal   track, which Bradley is chairing  (35:29) OIN   is a for-profit company. (37:54) IBM   has attacked Free Software projects with patents, such as   TurboHercules (39:22) IBM   is the largest software patent holder in the world. (44:27) Red Hat refuses to grant a patent license for patent use in Free   software, they have only a weak promise   that allows them to sell of patents to others who may enforce against   Free Software projects, or which could be revoked. (46:26) Send feedback and comments on the castto .You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom   by following Conservancy on    on Twitter and and FaiF on Twitter.  We are working on setting up a group chat again, too!Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch  of danlynch.org.Theme  music written and performed  by Mike Tarantino  with Charlie Paxson on drums.   The content   of this   audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed   under the Creative   Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Karen and Bradley play and discuss <a href="http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/event/software_patent_panel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Panel on Patents</a>, moderated by <a href="http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/speaker/karen_sandler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Karen Sandler</a>, with <a href="http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/speaker/ciaran_o_riordan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ciarán O'Riordan</a>, <a href="http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/speaker/benjamin_henrion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Benjamin Henrion</a>, and <a href="http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/speaker/deb_nicholson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deb Nicholson</a> from the <a href="http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/legal_issues_devroom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom</a>.<h3>Show Notes:</h3><h4>Segment 0 (00:35)</h4><ul> <li>This American Life issued <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/460/retraction" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a retraction</a> of the story we mentioned on <a href="http://faif.us/cast/2012/mar/13/0x24/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">0x24</a>. This American Life released <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/460/transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a transcript</a> or <a href="http://audio.thisamericanlife.org/jomamashouse/ismymamashouse/460.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mp3 of the audio</a> of the retraction. (02:21)</li> <li>Karen and Bradley introduce the panel.</li> </ul><h4>Segment 1 (03:58)</h4>This is the recording of the panel. Some of the questions aren't completely audible, but Dan did a pretty good job boosting it in places.<h4>Segment 2 (32:21)</h4><ul> <li><a href="http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/bilski.ibm.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IBM's amicus brief in Bilski</a> clearly shows that IBM is pro-software patent. (33:48)</li> <li>The <a href="http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/pat_linuxdef.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linux System Definition</a> which defines the only patents available for licensing by OIN licensees, was unilaterally updated recently without consulting the Free Software community.</li> <li><a href="https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit/bergelt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keith Bergelt of OIN will speak at Linux Collaboration 2012</a> on the Legal track, which Bradley is chairing (35:29)</li> <li><a href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=106619925" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OIN is a for-profit company</a>. (37:54)</li> <li><a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/04/ibm-breaks-oss-patent-promise-targets-mainframe-emulator.ars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IBM has attacked Free Software projects with patents, such as TurboHercules</a> (39:22)</li> <li><a href="http://lxnews.org/2011/01/12/ibm-biggest-patent-holder-for-2010/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IBM is the largest software patent holder in the world</a>. (44:27)</li> <li>Red Hat refuses to grant a patent license for patent use in Free software, they have only a <a href="http://www.redhat.com/legal/patent_policy.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">weak promise</a> that allows them to sell of patents to others who may enforce against Free Software projects, or which could be revoked. (46:26)</li> </ul>Send feedback and comments on the cast to <a href="mailto:cast@faif.us"></a>. You can keep in touch with <a href="http://faif.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free as in Freedom</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/conservancy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">following Conservancy on on Twitter</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/faifcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">and FaiF on Twitter</a>. We are working on setting up a group chat again, too!Free as in Freedom is produced by <a href="http://danlynch.org/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Lynch</a> of <a href="http://danlynch.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">danlynch.org</a>. Theme music written and performed by <a href="http://www.miketarantino.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Tarantino</a> with <a href="http://www.charliepaxson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charlie Paxson</a> on drums.<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>.

0x25: FOSDEM 2012 Patents Panel
