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Blackboard Patent Challenged

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that a challenge has been filed to Blackboard's patent. If this succeeds, it should eliminate any fears about moving to D2L, Angel or even an open source product. While I've never been too concerned about Blackboard suing the open-source products, it's clear from this move that Sakai and Moodle have been concerned. Let's hope this all turns out the right way.

Blackboard Patent on Classroom Software Faces Formal Challenge From Open-Source Advocates

Posted by Susan Fenton on December 1, 2006 9:50 AM |

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