OSDL Says Patent Threat to Linux is Receding 70
blacksilver writes "The chief executive of the Open Source Development Labs (ODSL) has said that the threat facing Linux from software patent-infringement claims has receded.
From the article: 'Lots of people who hold a lot of patents have looked at this issue, and nothing's come of it ... There's always been a suspicion that some of them [the alleged infringing patents] were held by Microsoft, so this could be an issue ... our customer advisor people speak to people, including major customers who run both Windows and Linux, and they say it's not an issue,'"
Just to be clear.. (Score:5, Funny)
We wouldn't want the OSDL to spread such FUD among SCO investors!
Re:I don't see how there could be a patent threat (Score:1, Funny)
Receding, like before a tsunami (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A delicate balance (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What would have been the result? (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, there are many. That's the problem.
Just of the phone with Darling MacBribe (Score:3, Funny)
- Novell, you know, the compagny who actually owns the patents SCO is sueing IBM about.
- slackware: Infringing on it since the previous millenium, so more than 1000 years already
- Users: What the RIAA can do, we can do too! You run linux at home, we will sue you!
Anyway, Darling was at it again.