On Monday, May 14, 2007 7:11:43 am Ariz Jacinto wrote: > Link: > http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867 >/index.htm > Ok, been googling software patents and I came across this article
Microsoft Getting Paid for Patents in Linux? [1] wherein ITWorld Canada interviewed Jeremy Allison[2] and revealed a Novell-Microsoft deal which pays Microsoft patent royalties on copies of Linux sold by Novell (Patent Cross Licensing) [3] and customers being threatened by Big Evil [3] unless they pay Microsoft. This was a Feb 9, 2007 interview and I can't believe I missed this. [1] http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/11/1443211 [2] http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/Daily-News/c11627ed-d99b-49d2-983d-d22856181888.html [3] http://www.itworldcanada.com/Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=idgml-c11627ed-d99b-49d2-983d-d22856181888&Portal=252cc78a-a947-4072-84be-f50cac8ec48e&ParaStart=0&ParaEnd=15&direction=next&News=Daily+ITwire&Next=Next -- Dax Solomon Umaming http://knightlust.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Key: 0xEDE9C473
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