Microsoft has not given a list for the devs to then code around. They're just seeking money targets.
Evil. Best regards, Rick C. Hodgin -------- Original Message -------- From: tegskywal...@hotmail.com Sent: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 05:15 PM To: trisquel-users@listas.trisquel.info CC: Subject: [Trisquel-users] What are these patents that MS owns in Linux? More and more people are paying. >http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-inks-patent-deal-with-service-provider-using-linux-servers-7000001498/ > >First it was Amazon in 2010 for their datacenters and now Microsoft is >licensing technology that they own the patents when it is used in a Linux >datacenter. Of course no one is disclosing what the actual patent is or what >it stands for, but these companies are growing in paying Microsoft just to >have the right to use them. > >We all know that Apple just wants to shut you down when you violate their >patents and Microsoft "plays nice" and has you pay for them. What is in Linux >that Microsoft has the patent for and does it also apply to Trisquel? Will we >have to pay Microsoft if Trisquel is used in a datacenter?
