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Microsoft and LG Electronics Sign Linux Covenant

rs232 wrote with a PC World link discussing another alliance between Microsoft and a vendor via Linux. The vendor this time around is electronics maker LG, and marks the fifth company to license unspecified patents relating to Linux or Linux devices from the OS giant. "'This agreement is focused only on exchange of patent rights,' said David Kaefer, general manager of IP licensing at Microsoft. 'The open-source elements of the deal do utilize a covenant model similar to the Xandros and Novell deals, but this deal is most similar to recent agreements with Samsung and Fuji Xerox.' Those deals were signed this year in April and March, respectively. Both covered general access to intellectual property contained in patent portfolios and included protection for customers using Linux-based software."

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  1. Re:My post: -1 offtopic by Pojut · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't get me wrong, I enjoy masturbation as much as the next guy...

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    Try it sometime. You might just like it more too.

  2. Re:My post: -1 offtopic by dave562 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Re:My post: -1 offtopic by Pojut · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah, but then she might go blind...that's expensive too.

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