Lokesh Bhog wrote: > Microsoft claims that free and open-source software violates more than 230 of > its patents, according to a magazine report 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. > More info at http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6183437.html >
There is some commentary at groklaw that talk about this, well worth a followup read to the Fortune article. but i recommend you read the Fortune article first. here is the link to the followup http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070513234519615 -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
