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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Patent holders as open source allies
>
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>| In a fascinating post on the aftermath of the Eolas decision <
>| http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3114 >, our own David Berlind note
>| that some patent holders are becoming friends of open source.
>|
>| After losing to Eolas, he writes, Microsoft was forced to drop
>| some functionality from Internet Explorer, but Firefox was not.
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>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=666&tag=nl.e550
>
> It sounds like fighting fire with fire.
Perhaps... afairc, patent actions are usually about licensing a body to
do something for a price... open-source doesn't easily fit into that
model, which might be part of the issue here.
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
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