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OSDL Says Patent Threat to Linux is Receding

Posted by Zonk on from the receding-good dept.

blacksilver writes "The chief executive of the Open Source Development Labs (ODSL) has said that the threat facing Linux from software patent-infringement claims has receded. From the article: 'Lots of people who hold a lot of patents have looked at this issue, and nothing's come of it ... There's always been a suspicion that some of them [the alleged infringing patents] were held by Microsoft, so this could be an issue ... our customer advisor people speak to people, including major customers who run both Windows and Linux, and they say it's not an issue,'"

3 of 70 comments (clear)

  1. frost pist? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    did I get it?

  2. I don't see how there could be a patent threat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nothing on my Linux machine seems to be functional. Trying switching to LDAP, it will give you so many headaches....

  3. SONY EMPLOYEE ADMITS VOTE RIGGING by ringbarer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?b oard.id=swggpdiscussion&message.id=25107&view=by_d ate_ascending&page=1

    Sony Online Entertainment Community Relations employee admits to spamming online votes in order to place SOE games in a better light.

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    "Why did they cancel my favorite Sci-Fi show? I downloaded ALL the episodes!"