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Red Hat Fights Patent Troll With GPL

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 14, 2012 @07:08AM 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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Is every patent lawsuit a patent troll. by jellomizer · 2012-09-14 07:21 · Score: -1, Troll

I mean really? Every time there is a patent dispute it is a patent troll.
Ok fine you don't like patents, I can respect that opinion, but there are here and they were there to protect the inventors. This could be a legitimate dispute.
Oh wait I am sorry Red Hat is the Open Source company so by default they are the good guy and everyone else must be evil.

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Re:Not a NPE, Is it a Troll? by fredprado · 2012-09-14 07:45 · Score: -1, Troll

Your personal definition of the word "troll", which only you accept, is irrelevant to this discussion.
Re:Not a NPE, Is it a Troll? by jedidiah · 2012-09-14 07:46 · 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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