Linux software provider Red Hat Inc. said Wednesday it settled two patent lawsuits brought against it by Firestar Software Inc. and DataTern Inc.

Financial terms weren't disclosed.

Red Hat was sued for patent infringement by Firestar in 2006 in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas, for allegedly violating a patent covering a method for interfacing a software application with a related database to facilitate access to that database.

Firestar contended that Hibernate, a JBoss product, infringed the patent. Red Hat denied that allegation and contested the claim. The disputed patent was later assigned by Firestar to DataTern, who then became involved in the lawsuit.

Red Hat said the settlement's covered products include all software distributed under Red Hat's brands, as well as predecessor versions. The settlement also protects products deriving from or used in combination with the covered products from any patent claim.