Re: [ilugd] Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

2007-05-13 Thread vivek khurana
--- Lokesh Bhog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

2007-05-13 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 14-May-07, at 9:38 AM, 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 viol

[ilugd] Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

2007-05-13 Thread Lokesh Bhog
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 othe