OSDL

OSDL just shut down and "merged" read: disappeared with some other group.

My Little Pony warns me off Linux 2007

OSDL just shut down and “merged” read: disappeared with some other group.

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : My Little Pony warns me off Linux 2007

Dr. Wladawsky-Berger also has a rather impressive blog, where he discusses topics like IBM's collaboration with the Linux community, and provides his thoughts on improving patent quality through the OSDL project:

Archive 2006-02-01 Peter Zura 2006

Now IBM has pulled the plug on OSDL, firing everybody but you from that cozy little gig up in Portland.

Archive 2006-12-01 2006

Good stuff, and links to the OSDL database test suite.

MySQL Performance Talk - UFies.org 2004

OSDL will lead a team including IBM, Novell, Red Hat, SourceForge and others in developing a system that stores source code in an electronically searchable format, satisfying legal requirements to qualify as prior art.

Archive 2006-02-01 Peter Zura 2006

Now IBM has pulled the plug on OSDL, firing everybody but you from that cozy little gig up in Portland.

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : Ground control to Major Torvalds 2006

Open Source Development Labs OSDL, a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, recently announced the OSDL patent commons project designed to provide a central location where software patents and patent pledges will be housed for the benefit of the open source development community and industry.

The 271 Patent Blog Peter Zura 2005

It will be interesting to see what kind of system the OSDL will come up with.

The 271 Patent Blog Peter Zura 2005

While these patent pledges will do little to deter claims of patent infringement on open-source, OSDL is apparently taking a step further by preparing an expansion of the project's scope to include information on the website that might be used to overturn questionable software patents.

The 271 Patent Blog Peter Zura 2005