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- NixiePixel, on 12/10/2008, -0/+13I mis-read this and thought the article would be about patent suits that were already filed against open source software creators. Thankfully this is a preventative measure, and it is a great idea, though it is unfortunate that there is a need for this organization to exist.
- abbathdoom, on 12/10/2008, -0/+4TBF, none of the big companies like Microsoft will ever dare pull the trigger and try to go after Linux, its more the smaller independent patent trolls we need to worry about.
- Sillywombat, on 12/10/2008, -0/+2What? they've tried over and over again....
Ms have sued under many grounds including:
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-277314.html
Other stories have been on digg before as well, including one regarding even patents:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/It_s_Official_Microsoft ... - schestowitz, on 12/10/2008, -1/+2It is very surprising that the SFLC supports this initiative because they should invest their money in building a coalition against software patents, not waste their time trying to “finding prior art” in binary code.
Microsoft can ‘proxify’ its patents (hand them over to an aggressor) and harass Linux via a this proxy. There is nothing that OIN can do about it other than to denounce the system or the legitimacy of patents, including its own (Novell, by the way, is among the members of OIN).
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