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Microsoft Offers to License the Internet

Posted by michael on from the low-low-price-of-$29.95 dept.

NW writes "According to an eWeek story Microsoft is beginning to assert IP rights over 130 protocols including many basic Internet protocols including TCP/IP, DNS, etc. The story originates with a mailing list post to the IETF's IPR list."

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  1. Re:FUD by dnoyeb · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I also don't find this to be FUD. If these licenses were so meaningless then why is anyone signing them? Getting a license is an admission that you feel the licensing body has the authority to license what it is attempting to.

    Looks Shady.