Microsoft takes on the free world

Posted by Sander_Marechal on May 13, 2007 6:26 PM EDT
CNN Money; By Roger Parloff 		Mail this story
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Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties from distributors and users. Users like you, maybe. Fortune's Roger Parloff reports.

[A very good read and a good recap of events. Just one factual error: Not all GPL software copyright belongs to the FSF. — Sander

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