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> Microsoft claims that Linux infringes upon many of their patents (don't remember the exact number) The exact number is 235... http://www.computerworld.com/s
by bostonpete 15y ago
> Microsoft claims that Linux infringes upon many of their patents (don't remember the exact number)
The exact number is 235...
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9019238/Update_Microsoft_wants_royalties_for_open_source_software http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9019238/Update_Micros...
- j2d2j2d2 15y agoSeems odd that Linus, who built git over a license dispute, wouldn't just code a replacement for whatever MS has rights to. Is that hard, for some reason?
- kprobst 15y agoAFAIK Microsoft has never said what in Linux those patents read over, except to its licensees. And those are very probably bound by NDAs anyway.
- vertr 15y agoCan someone explain how this isn't extortion?
- kprobst 15y agoUnfortunately it's just how the system works.
- w1ntermute 15y agoSo if you refuse to play ball and pay the license fees, what's Microsoft going to do to stop you? They obviously won't want to take things to court, as that'll mean exposing exactly which patents of theirs are supposedly being infringed upon.