[Linux-aus] FOSS patent infringements

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Wednesday, 16 May 2007 at 10:40:00 +1000, Chris Smart wrote:
>
> "Open-source programs step on 235 Microsoft patents, the company said.
> Free Linux software violates 42 patents. Graphical user interfaces, the
> way menus and windows look on the screen, breach 65. E-mail programs
> step on 15, and other programs touch 68 other patents, the company said.
> The patent figures were first reported by Fortune magazine.

Haven't we seen this before?  And where did it get them?

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SCOX&t=5d

We could hope :-)

Greg
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