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Open source fights back: 'We won't get patent-trolled again'

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Open source fights back: 'We won't get patent-trolled again'

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Businesses using open-source projects like Kubernetes are being targeted more often by patent trolls. Now the open source community is launching a counter-offensive and looking for volunteers.

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It sounds like they need proof that this tech existed before 2013? I’m new to patents… how does this evidence kill the patent?
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  Can’t file a patent on something that someone else already made.

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