Linux devs strike back at Microsoft patent claims

From the 'cutting the FAT' files:In 2007, Microsoft shook up the Linux community with claims that open source allegedly infringes on as many as 235 of Microsoft's patents. Until this year, Microsoft had not actually filed any kind of... In a nutshell the Tridgell patch for is all about getting around Microsoft's IP claims which are related to creating or storing a long filename entry with FAT. The goal of the Linux community is to ensure as best as is possible to make sure that Linux does not infringe on Microsoft's patents. It's a good idea - though from a... [read full story]                    

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