Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Patents on some Linux OS code
From: Lee Revell (rlrevell_AT_joe-job.com)
Date: Wed Dec 08 2004 - 18:09:26 EET
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 08:28 -0600, Cornell III, Howard M wrote:
> The 11/22 issue of Computerworld has a blurb about Microsoft CEO Steve
> Ballmer warning government leaders in Singapore that switching their
> 20,000 PCs from Windows to Linux could subject them to patent lawsuits.
> I have heard some tales about commercial versions of Linux including
> indemnification of users against these suits. What is the current
> status of the patent issues? Will they ever be resolved, or are all
> Linux users susceptible (proportional to the depth of their pockets)?
This is what's known as "FUD". Ignore it.
Lee
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