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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oh man thats weird they would allow that. the guy that created blackboard actually graduated from my schule. he came and headlined a seminar about othe IT systems and such. seemed like a cool guy man down to earth. also the new blackboard is on a test run right now, i have to use it for my accounting class.
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