Pragmatic Theory, Commendo, Yahoo and AT&T hit the Netflix grand prize

Re:Pragmatic Theory, Commendo, Yahoo and AT&T hit the Netfli... by Sidnicious on Friday June 26, 2009 @07:19PM (#676333)

So, all the submitted algorithms are going to be open sourced now, right? Right?!

In all seriousness, can anyone enlighten me as to who owns the submissions now?

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Re:Pragmatic Theory, Commendo, Yahoo and AT&T hit the Netfli... by a-priori on Friday June 26, 2009 @09:50PM (#676487)

The teams who created the solutions own them, but they're obligated to license them to Netflix. It doesn't have to be an exclusive license though. Quite generous on Netflix's part if you ask me.

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Re:Pragmatic Theory, Commendo, Yahoo and AT&T hit the Netfli... by vang3lis on Friday June 26, 2009 @11:07PM (#676543)

> but they're obligated to license them to Netflix

Technically they are obliged to license them only if they are about to receive the prize.

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