Red Hat Vows To Stand Up To Patent Intimidation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday October 11, 2007 @08:36AM from the stiff-upper-lip dept.

mrcgran writes "Eweek is reporting on Red Hat's assurances that can continue to deploy Linux without fear of legal retribution from Microsoft. This, despite the increasingly vocal threats emanating from Redmond. 'In a scathing response to Ballmer's remarks, Red Hat's IP team said the reality is that the community development approach of free and open-source code represents a healthy development paradigm, which, when viewed from the perspective of pending lawsuits related to intellectual property, is at least as safe as proprietary software. "We are also aware of no patent lawsuit against Linux. Ever. Anywhere," the team said in a blog posting.'"

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Just an idea... by Endloser · 2007-10-11 09:25 · Score: 0, Redundant

But maybe we should set the RIAA and Microsoft up on a blind date. It could start by convincing a mass of people to form an addiction to a product that they never can actually own... And end with suing the poorest of that mass out of enough money to buy a small island with. After all, infringing on patents that haven't been specified and copyrights for 99 cent songs should entitle the IP owners to at least 2 million dollars each infringement.