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Here we go again...Here we go again...Posted Oct 12, 2007 17:50 UTC (Fri) by mikov (subscriber, #33179)In reply to: Here we go again... by Holmes1869 Parent article: Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat and Novell - Just Like Ballmer Predicted (Groklaw)
Here's to hoping that Red Hat and Novell actually fight this one out. I wish Apple would have. I don't think they have a choice. They wouldn't be able to distribute GPL software if they licensed the patent. Unless they bought the patent and put it into the public domain, I guess ?
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Here we go again... Posted Oct 12, 2007 22:16 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link] They can patent GPL'd software as long as they agree to let anybody else use the patent freely if they use that GPL code.
They don't have to release it to the public domain, per say, they just have to agree to not to sue.
If they like they could add the patent to the OIN and use it as a weapon to help defend Free software from agressive lawsuite-friendly software companies.
Unfortunately against IP trolls like this IP Innovations place it's worthless.
IP Innovations don't actually produce anything so since they don't make any software or distribute any software or provide anything of any kind they can't violate patents. Their sole purpose in life is to threaten companies that actually do stuff.
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