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Casio Paying Microsoft To Use Linux

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-never-get-rid-of-the-dane dept.

theodp writes "Will Tux be a rainmaker for Microsoft? GeekWire reports that Microsoft has struck a deal with Casio to provide Casio's customers with coverage for their use of Linux in Casio devices. The agreement, which calls for Microsoft to receive payments of an undisclosed amount, is an implicit acknowledgment of Microsoft's longstanding claims that Linux violates its patents, an assertion that members of the open-source community have long disputed."

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  1. Re:The expected behavior of a patent holder by inode_buddha · · Score: 0, Redundant

    One: since when is it a patent violation to come up with something that can read and write FAT and NTFS, as long as your implementation does so in a different way?

    Two: are those even protectable anymore?

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