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May 14th, 2007, 18:40 PM
Microsoft Corp. reportedly wants open-source software users to pay royalties on 235 alleged patent violations.
In an interview with Fortune magazine, Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, and Horacio Gutierrez, the company's vice president of intellectual property and licensing, said open-souce software, including Linux, violates 235 Microsoft patents. And Microsoft wants distributors and us...
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In an interview with Fortune magazine, Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, and Horacio Gutierrez, the company's vice president of intellectual property and licensing, said open-souce software, including Linux, violates 235 Microsoft patents. And Microsoft wants distributors and us...
More... (http://www.techzonez.com/comments.php?shownews=21139)