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Re:HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source by cpeterso on Friday December 09, 2011 @06:01PM (#3336061)
"Many" companies were rumored to be interested in buying Palm's patents. I don't know why HP didn't sell the Palm patents. I'm curious to see what the webOS open source license will have to say about the use of Palm patents.
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Re:HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source by idiot900 on Saturday December 10, 2011 @01:00AM (#3337078)
The patents are probably most useful for defense, especially in today's fairly ridiculous IP litigation climate.
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