I would like to thank Blackboard for formalising their intents with respect to open source software in this way, and I'm very pleased that most institutions using open source will feel able to relax. However, I remain concerned that a number of bundling and integration scenarios which are permitted under our GPL license are still potentially subject to legal action from Blackboard, which introduces legal and technical complexity for many in our community. Finally, all of this is based on patents which many of us still believe to be invalid, and I expect to see this issue ultimately resolved by the patent re-examination which is now under way by the USPTO.
- Martin Dougiamas, Moodle Creator and Lead Developer 2/2/2007