[PD-ot] Re: [PD] Use Linux and you will be sued

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I switched to the Off Topic list, since this is..

Whether or not you support software patents, there are a lot of invalid  
patents on the books that cause problems.  The EFF has a project to get  
the worst of these patents nullified:

http://www.eff.org/patent/

.hc

On Nov 18, 2004, at 12:34 PM, Josh Steiner wrote:

> of course microsoft is already battleing dozens of patent lawsuits  
> over windows...
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1661094,00.asp
>
> all software is riddled with patent violations, even our beloved PD.
>
>
> slimboyfatboyslim wrote:
>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/18/ballmer_linux_lawsuits/
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