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Microsoft holds patents that it claims Linux violates. Android is a Linux. Therefore Microsoft claims Android violates it's patents. QED Companies that wish
by stonemetal 15y ago
Microsoft holds patents that it claims Linux violates. Android is a Linux. Therefore Microsoft claims Android violates it's patents. QED
Companies that wish to stay on Microsoft's good side(anyone who wants to build a WP 7 phone, or sell a desktop) and use Linux licenses those patents. Thus they pay MS for android.