WTF are "core patents of Linux??"

Story: Philips shares Linux patents, royalty-freeTotal Replies: 4
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tuxchick

Dec 01, 2005
3:01 PM EDT
Anyone have a guess?
jimf

Dec 01, 2005
3:19 PM EDT
Well, that was the other question ;-)
tuxchick

Dec 01, 2005
3:21 PM EDT
Someone set us up the bomb.
jimf

Dec 01, 2005
3:39 PM EDT
Linux in the same sentence with patents? And, then a whole string of the usual suspects? I don't know exactly what, but, some kind of a hijack atempt is going on. Doesn't sound like anything good.
tadelste

Dec 01, 2005
3:49 PM EDT
I think that's why Ricky Stallman kept wanting to call it GNU/Linux - think?

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