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Misplaced?Misplaced?Posted Oct 12, 2007 23:31 UTC (Fri) by AJWM (guest, #15888)In reply to: Misplaced? by sepreece Parent article: Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat and Novell - Just Like Ballmer Predicted (Groklaw)
"Using patents to attack FOSS" doesn't necessarily mean that Microsoft would use Microsoft's patents to attack FOSS.
Indeed, it would be a strategic move on Microsoft's part not to do so - a direct lawsuit by Microsoft would trigger retaliatory patent lawsuits by others, and Microsoft has something to lose there. Patent trolls don't.
War by proxy is nothing new; the superpowers engaged in it during the Cold War when the threat of nuclear retaliation precluded a direct attack. The "mutual assured destruction" of a direct patent war between two or large companies who actually produce something (vs patent trolls) has been raised before.
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