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Officer Dibble
October 12th, 2007, 10:12 PM
Patent holding company IP targets Linux... silly people...


ARS Technica (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071012-patent-holding-company-targets-linux-files-lawsuits-against-red-hat-and-novell.html)


Patent holding company IP Innovation has filed a patent infringement suit against Linux distributors Novell and Red Hat. The patent, which describes a "user interface with multiple workspaces for sharing display system objects," dates back to 1987 and originated in Xerox's PARC labs.

reyfer
October 12th, 2007, 10:15 PM
Already being discussed here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=573747