Friday, February 02, 2007

Education software firm OKs open-source patent use

Blackboard, whose software can be used to manage university courses, has taken a significant step to mollify open-source rivals who perceive a patent threat from the company.

Blackboard pledged Thursday not to use its current and pending patents against open-source alternatives. The pledge also extends to in-house "home grown" course management software developed by schools themselves, software that handles chores such as tracking grades or distributing quizzes.

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I don't have a clue

I'm so very tired. It's almost all the time now.