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?

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