The mobile patent mess may get worse [LWN.net]

The mobile patent mess may get worse

Posted Aug 12, 2011 1:38 UTC (Fri) by smoogen (subscriber, #97)
In reply to: The mobile patent mess may get worse by Hausvib6
Parent article: The mobile patent mess may get worse

You missed that part of the 1990's when it and the EFF were labeled that for their concern about various encryption items.

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The mobile patent mess may get worse

Posted Aug 12, 2011 23:26 UTC (Fri) by Hausvib6 (guest, #70606) [Link] (1 responses)

Ouch, painful memories.

I can see it coming, RIAA-like tactic.

"Hey you, yes, you, lone wolf FLOSS developer, your software is violating this company patent a, b, c, d, and e. Pay us or perhaps do you want me to go back to the office and starts looking for other violation in your software?"

The mobile patent mess may get worse

Posted Aug 16, 2011 9:31 UTC (Tue) by jezuch (subscriber, #52988) [Link]

> "Hey you, yes, you, lone wolf FLOSS developer, your software is violating this company patent a, b, c, d, and e. Pay us or perhaps do you want me to go back to the office and starts looking for other violation in your software?"

A slight modification:
"(...) your software is violating 5 of this company's patents. (...)"
...And we can [almost] see it happening already.