Jun
13
Red Hat settles JBoss Hibernate patent suit
Posted by Dirk Avery at 3:52 pm under Litigation, Patent.
Forget your worries about using JBoss Hibernate. Users worldwide now have a royalty-free, irrevocable license to use the technology. Apparently, some portions of the technology were covered by U.S. Patent No. 6,101,502. From InternetNews:
Legal eagles on staff with Red Hat are a busy group these days. The Linux distribution leader just announced that it has settled two of three patent lawsuits that had been hanging over its head for two years.
“We’re putting the patent issue to rest with the settlement of patent litigation involving Firestar Software, and DataTern that provide broad protections, not only for Red Hat customers, but for the larger open source community,” Red Hat spokesperson Kerrin Catallozzi wrote in an e-mail to InternetNews.com . . . .
According to a Red Hat FAQ on the settlement, JBoss Hibernate users will now receive a perpetual royalty-free, irrevocable worldwide license to use the disputed patent.
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Thanks for sharing this quick post. I think the excerpt is to the point and captures the JBoss settlement.