Microsoft & Linux Vendors Trading in Patent Fool's Gold Publication: LXer Date: Jun 08 2007 Reporter: Don Parris This whole Microsoft-Novell-GPL-who-gets-what-for-how-much-and-for-whose-3rd-child deal has many people confused, stumped, and scratching their heads. And did I mention that some people find this whole thing confusing? Highly educated people - even people with legal backgrounds - get headaches thinking about it. On the surface, it seems fairly simple. Microsoft claims a fair amount of FOSS code infringes their patents. This scares business users who are generally interested in the idea of deploying GNU/Linux in their enterprises. Microsoft and Novell reach an agreement that, without violating the specific terms of the GPL, offers patent infringement protection, similar to what users might experience in a normal cross-licensing deal. Problem solved, right? It ain't that simple. Read comments Read full article Read full article in new window See other articles by Don Parris See other articles published by LXer Today's headlines Headlines for Jun 08, 2007   Comments Subject Posted by Date Situation is worse! kjuergen 8 Jun, 19:32 [ all comments ]
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