[diskussion] Microsofts nya hot.

[Anders Lindbäck]

Jens Odsvall wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2007 09:31:25 +0200
> Marcus Rejås <marcus at rejas.se> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 05/16 08:34, Jens Odsvall wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 15 May 2007 16:35:16 +0200
>>>Jens Odsvall <jens at linuxstore.se> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hmm...
>>>>Har ändrat och lagt till en del. En viss risk, för att det blir förmycket.
>>>
>>>Tror inte att jag kommer längre än så här.
>>
> Nu blev det mer ändå. När nu Linus Torvalds, har yttrat sig.
> Tack till PJ, på bbs.linux.se för länkarna.
>  

Hittade följande:
Dan Ravicher, who founded the Public Patent Foundation to serve “the public’s interest with regard to the patent system,” did the research last year at the request of Open Source Risk Management, the article says. Ravicher says his report proves the opposite of Microsoft’s claims:

    Ballmer makes a very bold statement by saying Linux infringes hundreds of patents…. That is extremely different than saying ‘Linux potentially infringes x patent,’ because the requirement to prove infringement is much more difficult than the requirement to simply file a case claiming infringement.

    He misconstrues the point of the OSRM study, which found that Linux potentially, not definitely, infringes 283 untested patents, while not infringing a single court-validated patent.




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Anders Lindbäck
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