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Gates: Microsoft IP Finds Its Way Into Free Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bsd-network-stack dept.

Andy Tai writes "While speaking to financial analysts and commenting on the SCO lawsuit, Bill Gates made the claim that Microsoft's IP is also included in Free/Open source software. Without being specific, he said "There's no question that in cloning activities, IP from many, many companies, including Microsoft, is being used in open-source software. When people clone things, that often becomes unavoidable." Considering Microsoft's claims of ownership over technologies like CIFS, does this mean Microsoft may also launch SCO-style attacks against Free Software/Open Source?"

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  1. Spot the prophet! (-: by leonbrooks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    See next level-1 post for details. (-: "You insensitive clod!" :-)

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  2. Reboot!!! by iendedi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No wonder I have been having to reboot my Linux machines a lot lately.... I wondered what had happened.

    Who'd have guessed?

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  3. Upright Citizens Brigade? by jclarke · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    /me sheds a tear.

    1. Re:Upright Citizens Brigade? by bucketoftruth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I was shedding tears until I found I could buy every episode on VCD on ebay. VCR quality, but damn... when you need a UCB fix!