Google has pledged “not to sue any user,...
Google has pledged “not to sue any user, distributor or developer of open-source software on specified patents, unless first attacked,” the company said in a blog post Friday (http://bit.ly/13AuL2Z). Currently, Google’s pledge covers 10 patents (http://bit.ly/11SijHa) concerning MapReduce -- “a…
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computing model for processing large data sets first developed at Google” -- and will extend to other technologies in the future, the post said. Google said it’s pledging not to sue over the open-source software patents in the hopes of encouraging other patent holders to make a similar pledge, and fostering an open Internet “that protects real innovation and continues to deliver great products and services.”