I think it might be better to discuss the real issue here. Good software is complicated, and patent law has no way to deal with this complexity.
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The real issue in the software patent fight
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Linux patent lawsuit: follow the money
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Why sue two companies with [relatively] nonexistent desktop businesses when Microsoft provides the biggest potential jackpot of all? (After all, this same company sued and settled with Apple earlier this year.) Unless, of course, it is Microsoft funding the whole thing?
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FOSS Crowd Unfazed by First Linux Patent Lawsuit
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At the end of a week filled with more chest-thumping and FUD-spewing by software's self-appointed patent sheriffs, two of Linux's major players have been slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit. Friday's suit marks the first time Linux patents have ever been challenged in court.
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Dear Steve.....
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I know you are quite concerned that Red Hat is not showing due respect for your (unidentified) patents, but it strikes me as a little rich that you or Microsoft should be lecturing anyone on the proper respect for the patents of others given all of the following parties that believe that Microsoft does not respect their patents...
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Novell: Microsoft agrees to not sue GPLv3 users
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Microsoft has extended its covenant to not sue users of Linux-based products from Novell to all GPL v3 users as soon as GPL v3 code is integrated into SUSE Linux Enterprise. This means that the patent protection Microsoft extends to Novell customers now covers every customer who uses any Linux-based software that Novell distributes under GPL v3.
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Linux patent suit: In search of the Microsoft smoking gun
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Now that the “first ever” suit for patent infringement has been lodged against two major Linux distributors, many Microsoft watchers are looking for the smoking gun that will somehow connect Microsoft to the case.
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Did Microsoft ruin SCO?
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There appear to be a few parallels between what SCO did and what Microsoft is blustering about. They are both concerned about their so called ownership of intellectual property. They both threatend the suppliers and end users of Linux with lawsuits and fines. They both made deals with certain companies to exempt those companies from their browbeating.
Read more »First Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Linux, Just Like Ballmer Predicted
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IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case no. 2:2007cv00447, IP Innovation, LLC et al v. Red Hat Inc. et al, in Texas. Where else? The patent troll magnet state. And now let's play, where's Microsoft?
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Legal firms wake up to open source
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Legal firms are rapidly expanding their open source practices as the legal challenges to developers and users mount.
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Defendant knocks Web illiterate juror in RIAA case
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She doesn't raise her voice or get angry when a reporter asks her to read a story where she is called a "liar" by a member of the jury that found her guilty of copyright violations and ordered her to pay the recording industry $220,000 in damages.
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Shuttleworth on Ballmer
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has once more claimed that Linux and open source violates Microsoft's intellectual property and patents. Canonical's CEO Mark Shuttleworth thinks Ballmer has it all wrong.
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Ballmer: "Number of patents Linux infringes on is declining"
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Apparently the number of patents that GNU/Linux infringes is on the decline as shown by this short piece on lxer
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Mark Webbink Joins Board of Software Freedom Law Center
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This is good news, that Mark Webbink has joined the board of the Software Freedom Law Center. Good news for the FOSS community. For him, I think the idea of a laid back, restful retirement is now just a dream.
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Apple sued for iPhone's anti-hack update
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Customers angry at Apple for breaking their hacked iPhones with the company's latest update now have a class-action lawsuit to call their own.
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Stallman Schools Me on "IP"
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"Finding an email in my inbox from Richard Stallman is not the way I start most mornings, but on a recent morning, there it was.
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