Linux Scare Tactics (Forbes)

Linux Scare Tactics (Forbes)

> I have been telling you folks we're in trouble about Patents since 1996.

We've been listening, but until such a time arrives where a landmark case actually starts to occur that could overturn a patent award, and believe me there have been some doozies recently where *I* could find prior art, we're stuck in a limbo where the only solution is to make litigator's richer.

Not only is this extending the problem further, it's just going to increase the amount of service industry dedicated to keeping coders coding and license dollars flowing through litigation. *This is a broken implementation from start to finish*

At least the EFF is starting to challenge the patents rather than say 'Here's a terrible situation, but for $9.99 you can be protected (depends on court judgement, terms and conditions apply) against the worst'.