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Linux Violates 283 Patents, says Insurance Company

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the prior-art-needed dept.

Apro+im writes "According to this article over at ZDNet: 'Linux potentially infringes 283 patents, including 27 held by Microsoft but none that have been validated by court judgments, according to a group that sells insurance to protect those using or selling Linux against intellectual-property litigation.' Dan Ravicher, founder and executive director of the Public Patent Foundation, conducted the analysis for Open Source Risk Management. OSRM is like an insurance company, selling legal protection against Linux copyright-infringement claims. It plans to expand the program to patent protections."

6 of 475 comments (clear)

  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. That's nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This first post potentially infringes every patent ever.

  3. tooo truuueee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    toot trueueueue!!

  4. 500 - MALDA UNAVAILABLE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Seriously, what's up with that? I get Service Unavailable 9 out of 10 times for the Slashdot front page now.

    This has been going on for days now. No one cares to fix it? That must be some bug.

  5. Yeah, Right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Like Microsoft's double-click pantent is even a valid one to begin with. How many others are invalid too?

  6. slashdot by fbrain · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does anyone know, or would anyone like to guess how many patents slashdot violates?

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