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Companies That Harm Software Freedom



This is an index of companies that we habitually cover or covered in the site. Here's a strategic outline of High-Priority Opponents|high-risk companies.

Notable

Proprietary

  • Microsoft
  • Apple
  • Blackboard
  • SCO
  • Nokia
  • SAP
  • Adobe
  • Oracle
  • Qualcomm
  • Blackberry


    • Patent Trolls

  • MOSAID
  • Uniloc
  • MPEG-LA
  • Vringo
  • Ray Niro
  • Jay Walker
  • VirnetX


    • Security

  • McAfee
  • Symantec
  • Trend Micro


    • Proxies

  • Likewise
  • Protecode
  • T3
  • Neon
  • Wolfram Research (flagship product Mathematica)
  • Black Duck
  • Outercurve
  • OpenLogic
  • Centrify
  • Tuxera


    • Patent Menace

  • Nortel
  • Kodak


    • Reporting

    Controlled Press:

  • BBC
  • IDG (parent company of IDC)
  • The Guardian
  • CNET, ZDNet (CBS)
  • New York Times
  • Slashdot


    • Lesser Damaging

    Ambivalent:

  • Dell
  • Best Buy
  • Motorola
  • TiVo
  • Amazon
  • Samsung
  • LG
  • HTC
  • Facebook (partly owned by Microsoft)
  • VMware
  • EMC
  • Twitter
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Intel Crimes and Offences|Intel


    • Non-companies:

  • CPTN
  • ITC
  • USPTO
  • UKIPO
  • EPO
  • CSIRO
  • SCOTUS
  • Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)
  • FTC
  • ISO (not a company per se)
  • CCIA


    • Controversial GNU/Linux Players:

  • Canonical
  • Novell
  • Xandros/Linspire
  • Turbolinux


    • Also see the drones list.