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>> Re****t: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents
>> Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux
kernel
>> and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents.
>> By Ina Friedand Stephen Shankland
>> Staff Writer, CNET News.com
>> Published: May 13, 2007, 7:35 PM PDT
>> Last modified: May 13, 2007, 8:30 PM PDT
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>> Re****t: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents
>>
>> update Microsoft claims that free and open-source software violates 235
of
>> its patents, according to a magazine re****t published Sunday.
>>
>> In an interview with Fortune, Microsoft top lawyer Brad Smith alleges
that
>> the Linux kernel violates 42 Microsoft patents, while its user
interface
>> and other design elements infringe on a further 65. OpenOffice.org is
>> accused of infringing 45, along with 83 more in other free and
open-source
>> programs, according to Fortune.
>>
>> It is not entirely clear how Microsoft might proceed in enforcing these
>> patents, but the company has been encouraging large tech companies that
>> depend on Linux to ink patent deals, starting with its controversial
pact
>> with Novell last November. Microsoft has also cited Linux protection
>> playing a role in recent patent swap deals with Samsung and Fuji Xerox.
>> Microsoft has also had discussions but not reached a deal with Red Hat,
as
>> noted in the Fortune article.
>>
>> Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is also quoted in the article as saying
>> Microsoft's open-source competitors need to "play by the same rules as
the
>> rest of the business."
>>
>> "What's fair is fair," Ballmer told Fortune. "We live in a world where
we
>> honor, and sup****t the honoring of, intellectual property."
>>
>> The story notes that some big tech proponents of open source have been
>> stockpiling intellectual property as part of the Open Invention
Network,
>> set up in 2005 by folks like Sony, Red Hat, IBM, NEC and Philips. The
>> article surmises that if Microsoft were to go after open source, these
>> companies' combined know-how might give it some patent weapons to go
after
>> Windows.
>>
>> A Microsoft representative did not immediately respond to an e-mail
>> seeking comment.
>>
>> Given how deeply entrenched open-source software has become in the
>> computing industry, taking direct legal action against the open-source
>> realm would be a complicated, hackle-raising undertaking for Microsoft.
>> Customers use open-source software widely, and many major computing
>> companies--IBM, Dell, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and
>> Oracle, for example--sup****t Linux work directly.
>>
>> It's not the first time that open-source patent concerns have arisen. A
>> 2004 study by a Open Source Risk Management, a company selling
insurance
>> against risks of using open-source software, concluded that Linux could
>> violate at least 283 patents, 27 of them Microsoft patents.
>>
>> Patents and the open-source movement get along awkwardly at best.
Patent
>> law gives proprietary, exclusive rights to patent holders, but
open-source
>> programming is built on the idea of free sharing. Newer open-source
>> licenses sometimes address the issue by requiring contributors to
>> open-source projects to grant users and developers of the software a
>> perpetual, royalty-free license to any patents that relate to the
>> contribution.
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>> Different companies have dealt in different ways with the open-source
>> patent conundrum. For example, HP has taken a pro-patent stance, while
>> IBM, Nokia, Sun and others have granted some rights to use some of
their
>> patents in open-source software.
>>
>> The Open Invention Network remains a relatively young effort, but it
has
>> attracted participation this year from proprietary software giant
Oracle
>> and from Linux sup****t seller Canonical. A company may license the
>> network's patents for free as long as they promise not to assert any
>> patent claims against those involved in the "Linux environment."
>>
>> The Free Software Foundation is working on a new draft of the General
>> Public License, one element of which will ban partner****ps such as the
one
>> struck by Novell and Microsoft.
>
> The Linux geeks love to bash MSFT. Yet they love to copy the features
and
> funtionality of MSFT products. They only wish they had a product half
as
> powerful and feature rich as MSFT has. The Linux geeks are nothing but
a
> bunch of thieves intent on destroying the rights of intellectual
property
> owners.
>
>
>
ANOTHER subject where Billary doesn't know **** from ****nola demonstrated!
The perfect little right wing stooge - completely ****ing programmable..
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