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Red Hat Fights Patent Troll With GPL

Posted by Soulskill on from the mightier-than-the-sword dept.

jfruh writes "Red Hat is in the middle of a patent lawsuit with Twin Peaks Software, which claims that a Red Hat subsidiary is abusing a Twin Peaks filesystem lawsuit. Now, Red Hat is launching an intriguing countermeasure: the company claims that Twin Peaks' own closed source software violates the GPL because it makes use of an open source disk utility that Red Hat holds the copyright on. Is this a smart move on Red Hat's part?"

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  1. Re:Not a NPE, Is it a Troll? by jedidiah · · Score: 1, Troll

    > No, Troll is not a generic name for an evil company.

    No. Troll is a metaphor. That part you conveniently ignored in your rush to defend your favorite corporation.

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    A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.