Is Microsoft Violating Some Patents Covering Open Source?

Vikingod · Nov 22, 2006, 05:57 PM

Source: eWEEK
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Could Microsoft products be in violation of some of the patents that cover Linux and open-source technologies, as many in the community believe?

Microsoft is not admitting to any such thing, but it is also not ruling out the possibility that Windows may have infringed on patents held by Novell and others in the open-source community.

Nov 22, 2006, 05:57 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Is Microsoft Violating Some Patents Covering Open Source? Source: eWEEK __________ Could Microsoft products be in violation of some of the patents that cover Linux and open-source technologies, as many in the community believe? Microsoft is not admitting to any such thing, but it is also not ruling out the possibility that Windows may have infringed on patents held by Novell and others in the open-source community.