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What specifically are the IP issues that Android has? I looked in the article but there was only a passing mention of some claims in a link. A couple of the c
by Corrado 15y ago
What specifically are the IP issues that Android has? I looked in the article but there was only a passing mention of some claims in a link. A couple of the claims looked like they were about long and short filenames. If that's true then software patents are truly evil and should be abolished yesterday. :/
- qeorge 15y agoMS maintains that Linux kernel violates its patents, and sues anyone who makes enough money with a product using Linux (e.g., TomTom [1]). MS likes to refer to "235 patents" that Linux allegedly violates, but they aren't forthcoming with what the specific violations are. That said, they do have some fairly ridiculous patents under their belts, (like the FAT filesystem [2]), so they could probably dredge something up. With Android more specifically, there is also ActiveSync (Exchange's protocol). [1] http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/02/QA_Microsofts_chief_patent_lawyer_on_TomTom_and_Linux_40354407.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/02/QA_Microsofts_chief... [2] http://news.cnet.com/Microsofts-file-system-patent-upheld/2100-1012_3-6025447.html http://news.cnet.com/Microsofts-file-system-patent-upheld/21...