February 9, 2007
Blackboard Pledges to Ease Enforcement of Controversial Patent
Blackboard Inc., responding to critics' complaints, has issued a "legally binding" pledge not to enforce its controversial patent against open-source-software providers or the institutions that use them.
The pledge, which can be found on Blackboard's Web site (http://blackboard.com/patent), specifically protects Sakai, Moodle, and ATutor — popular open-source projects that higher-education officials have said were being threatened by the Blackboard patent covering its
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