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Red Hat accuses Microsoft of patent FUD
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| Red Hat blogged that the patents acquired by OIN were being marketed by
| Microsoft to
| patent trolls.
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| "It also used marketing materials that highlighted offensive uses
| of the patents against open source software, including a number of
| the most popular open source packages," Red Hat blogged. "This
| looked to us like a classic FUD effort. To unleash FUD, you
| assemble a lot of patents of uncertain value, annotate them with a
| roadmap for the companies and products to be targeted with the
| patents, put the lot in the hands of trolls schooled in patent
| aggression, and then stand back and wait for the FUD to spread with
| its chilling effect."
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| The only problem with Red Hat's assertion though, is that according to
| a comment I got late yesterday from the OIN, they didn't think the
| actual patents were all that strong or that open source software
| actually infringed on the patents.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/09/red-hat-accuses-microsoft-of-p.html
Recent:
How to Hijack an EU Open Source Strategy Paper
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| Others as in Microsoft and mates.
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| All-in-all, the modifications to the document provide a fascinating insight
| into how lobbyists operate in their attempt to neuter threats to their
| constituencies through the shameless evisceration and outright inversion of
| content. Fortunately, when the final strategy document comes out, we will be
| able to pinpoint exactly where ACT's agenda has been inserted. Of course,
| before then we need to make the above document as widely known as possible,
| so that the relevant people at the European Union are aware of what's going
| on, and maybe even take action to prevent this gross distortion of the
| paper's purpose.
|
| In addition, we must ensure that Wikileaks can continue to provide its
| invaluable service. The world of openness â including open source - would be
| the poorer without it. To that end, we need to support its current call for
| funds to help it carry on its work, and I urge you to make a donation,
| however modest.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/how-hijack-eu-open-source-strategy-paper
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