Microsoft Linux attack is very SCO
Filed under: Linux
It seems that Microsoft is stealing from SCO’s playbook in claiming Linux patent infringements, without actually backing up their claims with specific instances.
There should be some sort of penalties for making wide-ranging claims of patent infringement, without actually backing it up with specific instances. One thing that the Open Source community is good at is working around such issues. Microsoft doesn’t want to actually outline what they think infringes, since the community will just rewrite the various software to avoid the patents.
Over all, just another case of Microsoft FUD tactics.
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