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[News] [Linux] Patent Trolls Abound, Could Linux Kernel Be Dual-Licensed?

The Linux Kernel on a Dual Basis?  

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| One solution to the debate about whether the Linux kernel should 
| migrate to the almost-complete GPL version 3 (define) is to have 
| the Linux kernel dual-licensed under GPL versions 2 and 3.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3682871

With patent BS, he'd better at least consider GPLv3 more seriously. Just
yesterday:

Patent Holder Sues Verizon, Claims to Own Location-Based Search

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| n entrepreneur believes he's struck gold with the rights to a 1999 
| patent for location-based search that he says is being infringed 
| upon by some of the internet's biggest players.
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http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/06/location_patent

Doesn't Microsoft have a patent on the double click?

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