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If any of this comes to pass, then the open-source aspect of android will become much more important: development will simply shift to countries that don't have
by joeyo 17y ago
If any of this comes to pass, then the open-source aspect of android will become much more important: development will simply shift to countries that don't have software patents
- protomyth 17y agoWell, some of the patents are hardware, and you still need to sell your device in countries that will recognize these patents to make it worth making. I expect a settlement out of this, there just seems to be something else going on that is behind closed doors. It just doesn't quite make sense how it is being reported.
- joeyo 17y agoWell, some of the patents are hardware, and you still need to sell your device in countries that will recognize these patents to make it worth making. Sure, but as long as someone is selling the hardware (perhaps even licensing the appropriate patents) the hacker/end-user would still be able to compile and load software to make it all work. I expect a settlement too, if only because I can't imagine that HTC has enough money to invalidate all of the patents/show that they don't infringe on them.
- protomyth 17y agoAfter the Kodak / Sun patent suit, I wouldn't count on HTC's ability to invalidate any of the patents. The power patent might be unavoidable.