On May 31, 8:28 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Microsoft/Novell agreement may exclude patent protection for Wine, OpenOffice
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> | This means that Microsoft can still sue individual SUSE Linux customers
> | who are using products designed to replicate Microsoft products and that
> | also infringe on Microsoft's patents.
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> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070529-microsoftnovell-agreeme...http://tinyurl.com/25at6e
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So there is also a touch of fraud in Microsoft's protection
racketeering. In other words, those who bought in and thought they
were covered on MS's representations still risk the legal equivalent
of having their shop fronts smashed in for using Open Office.
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