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Author of Linux Patent Study Contradicts Ballmer

Posted by michael on from the that's-unpossible dept.

An anonymous reader sends us this EWeek story, following-up on the recent Linux patent scare. The author of the patent study is contacted, and says, "Open source faces no more, if not less, legal risk than proprietary software. The market needs to understand that the study Microsoft is citing actually proves the opposite of what they claim it does."

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  1. Licking the arse of your corporate masters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    How do you like it?

    People like you are keeping us and the open source community down! Imagine! A world where no-one should have to pay for the software and everybody would have access to source code.

    Why are you still paying for your closed software! You're nothing but a fucking scab. That's what you are.

    1. Re:Licking the arse of your corporate masters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Fuck you scab!

  2. that should... by drwhite · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    tell M$ to stick it in their arse...lol...perhaps..?

  3. Re:except... by jkabbe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You're right, of course. I am not sure what I was thinking about.

    Generally speaking, though, unless you are making commercial use of an invention, they're not going to be able to collect damages in excess of the lawyer's fees. And if you are making significant commercial use of Linux you're in a much different situation that is presumed in most of the posts in this thread.

    Thanks for being polite about it, unlike that little a-hole anonymous coward.