Red Hat's comments: "The Open Invention Network (OIN) learned recently that Microsoft was planning to auction off some of its software patents, which we unders

Red Hat's comments: "The Open Invention Network (OIN) learned recently that Microsoft was planning to auction off some of its software patents, which we understand it marketed to trolls and some other non-practicing entities. It also used marketing materials that highlighted offensive uses of the patents against open source software, including a number of the most popular open source packages." http://press.redhat.com/2009/09/09/microsoft-and-patent-trolls/ http://press.redhat.com/2009/09/09/microsoft-and-patent-trol...