Open letter to Novell: Release the patent numbers!
Open letter to Novell: Release the patent numbers!The technology industry has been in a buzz since last Monday's Fortune article in which Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith claims that the GNU/Linux operating system infringes 235 of Microsoft's patents. If GNU/Linux indeed infringes so many patents then it's very curious that Microsoft refuses to tell the community which 235 patents those are.
Many journalists and editors concluded from this that Microsoft knows it's 235 patents are bogus. But apparently Microsoft is willing to tell someone what those 235 are. They are telling the companies that they sign cross license deals with. Companies such as yourself, Novell.
Today you, Novell, claim that GNU/Linux infringes none of the 235 patents that Microsoft is talking about. From your own Novell Open PR blog:
I call on you, Novell, to tell the community which patents Microsoft thinks are infringed by the GNU/Linux operating system. You know the patent numbers. Microsoft gave them to you. Now release them so we all can publicly prove what you claim: That GNU/Linux infringes no Microsoft patents. If you do, then you may gain back some of the credibility in the community that you lost when you signed the cross-license deal with Microsoft last year. Sincerely, Sander Marechal, GNU/Linux user and developer |
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Subject | Topic Starter | Replies | Views | Last Post |
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Novell to detail Microsoft patent pact | henke54 | 4 | 2,199 | May 24, 2007 7:24 AM |
More FUD from Linux folks... why? | cjcox | 24 | 3,537 | May 20, 2007 5:00 AM |
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