Open Source "State of the Union" address
Posted Aug 7, 2003 20:37 UTC (Thu) by
josh_stern (guest, #4868)
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Open Source "State of the Union" address by coriordan
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Open Source "State of the Union" address
In the case of SCO, they are specifically targeting the Linux kernel as
an integrated product.
I'm afraid that Bruce may prove prophetic when his says that we
have only heard the very beginning of the patent wars.
Of course stuff like virtual memory is not something to be broken out,
but because device drivers interact with a huge assortment of different
'stuff' out there in the world, I believe there is more
potential for them to touch a wide range of patents - especially ones
that are not familiar to software developers. Suppose, for instance,
it turned out that some obscure individual had a patent on a certain
method of scheduling and driving ham radios using a computer device,
and he decided that Linux infringes on his method. In that case, it
would be a good thing if rich Linux targ^H^H^H^Husers with no ham
radio driver involvement had prima facie nothing to do with his claim.
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