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Waste Of Money: Pro-Linux Group Has To Buy Microsoft Patents
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| All in all, this is a pretty depressing story, showing money being
| wasted, rather than put to good use doing actual innovation.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090909/0425086144.shtml
Microsoft Foes Aim to Snatch Patent Advantage in Linux Tussle
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Microsoft-Foes-Aim-to-Snatch-Patent-
Advantage-in-Linux-Tussle-68069.html
Patent Deal to Protect Linux Pending
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| In an effort to protect open-source operating system, Linux, members of
| the Open Invention Network, which includes corporate giants such as
| International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Red Hat Inc. (RHT), and
| Sony Corp. (SNE), are nearing a deal with Allied Security Trust to buy
| a group of patents formerly owned by Microsoft (MSFT), according to a
| report in The Wall Street Journal.
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http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/technology/patent-
deal-protect-linux-pending/
Microsoft in Linux patent mystery
http://vista.blorge.com/2009/09/09/microsoft-in-linux-patent-mystery/
Linux Group Grabs Microsoft Patents: Report
http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3838081/Linux+Group+Grab
s+Microsoft+Patents+Report.htm
Patents are the secret to open-source success? Really?!?
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| Patents may not be quite the Great Satan that open-source advocates
| sometimes suggest, but they haven't been the foundation upon which open
| source has been built, either. It's unclear why IBM makes this point,
| as few companies could claim to understand and advance open source as
| much as IBM.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10347427-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj
=TheOpenRoad
Why Did Microsoft Sell Off 22 'Linux-Related' Patents?
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Why-Did-Microsoft-Sell-
Off-22-LinuxRelated-Patents-618335/?kc=rss
Linux Defenders Acquire 22 Former Microsoft Patents
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Linux-Defenders-
Acquire-22-Former-Microsoft-Patents-650919/?kc=rss
Will Former Microsoft Patents Help Protect Linux?
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Will-Former-Microsoft-
Patents-Help-Protect-Linux-836373/?kc=rss
Microsoft rivals to purchase 22 patents to defend Linux
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| AST was founded by a group of technology companies to purchase patents
| to protect interested parties from patent litigation. Its members
| include Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Verizon. The AST acquired the patents
| in a private auction held by Microsoft, one that OIN was not permitted
| to participate in, Bergelt said.
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/317839/
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