See this article on how Microsoft has apparently inadvertently used open source under GPL as a part of a installation tool used for Windows 7. Microsoft has subsequently re-released the code and posted the source code.
Today’s New York Times discussed the use of patent commons or other open-source-like as a method of spurring innovation in the area of dealing with climate change or other “green” technologies.
See NYTimes article re use of Drupal open source software on www.whitehouse.gov.
ZFS (an advanced file system) was not included in the latest Apple operating system (Snow Leopard). Some speculated it was because although available under open source licenses, Apple requested a “private” license. ZFS is licensed under the CDDL; it is not clear whether that licensing scheme would prevent Apple from using it as it wished.
