Hibernate may violate "Object model mapping and runtime engine" patent
Historical article · Originally published July 23, 2006; technical details may be outdated.
"Red Hat will face a patent infringement lawsuit this week over whether Hibernate, which it inherited from JBoss violates ORM patents held by FireStar Software. FireStar alleges that Hibernate violates U.S. patent 6,101,502 -- " Object model mapping and runtime engine for employing relational database with object oriented software."
[via ORMappers.com]
The world has gone mad.