Linux Community "FUD Spreaders"

[Sirin]

http://www.forbes.com/enterprisetech/2004/08/02/cz_dl_0802linux.html


A report to be released today says Linux may violate nearly 300 patents, including 27 held by Microsoft, and warns that companies using Linux could become targets of multi-million dollar lawsuits.
Does that mean that Canonical... http://67.18.37.14/86/93/emo/cry.gif
I don't think even Shuttleworth would be able to handle this. :eek:

[DoeRayMe]

Ubuntu does'nt violate patents does it?


Linux creator Linus Torvalds says he isn't worried by suggestions that Linux may infringe on patents. "Hey, there 'may' be life on Mars. What does 'may' mean?" he says via e-mail, adding that if Linux really does infringe on a patent, he'll just rewrite the code to sidestep the problem.

good!

[poptones]

More FUD from Forbes...

I wish Spaceman Steve would run for pres again just so we could heckle him.

[BoyOfDestiny]

The article is over 1 year old, nothing but old news...

As for violating patents, the answer is most likely. The US patent office will pretty much patent anything under the Sun (the star) in regards to software. Europe isn't far behind either, but as far as I know the patents are not enforced despite the EU's attempts (http://swpat.ffii.org/pikta/xrani/index.en.html)

My "favorite" software patent would have to be MS's double click patent.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,727,830.WKU.&OS=PN/6,727,830&RS=PN/6,727,830

As for the general state of things with patents, this <censored> bag is attempting to patent story telling...

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=Knight.IN.&s2=Andrew.IN.&OS=IN/Knight+AND+IN/Andrew&RS=IN/Knight+AND+IN/Andrew

Ok that's that.

[linbetwin]

WARNING! THIS POST IS PATENTED

Any attempt to quote it constitutes a direct infringement of patent legislation.

[23meg]

WARNING! THIS POST IS PATENTED

Any attempt to quote it constitutes a direct infringement of patent legislation.

WARNING! THIS POST IS PATENTED

Any attempt to quote it constitutes a direct infringement of patent legislation.

[linbetwin]

WARNING! THIS POST IS PATENTED

Any attempt to quote it constitutes a direct infringement of patent legislation.

That's it, buddy, you're SCO'ed!

[asimon]

Looking how many really shallow and stupid patents are granted I am sure that Linux and many other free software infringe some of them. I mean come on, they granted patents on things like progress bars, hyperlinks, electronic shopping carts, remote authentification, buy with one mouse click and such stuff. Of course many patents won't hold before court, but before a court rules otherwise they are valid once granted.

Actually I think it's really hard today to write software which doesn't infringe any patents at all.

[cstudent]

I hold the patent for the binary number system. I now control everything.
So pay up!

WHAAAHHAHAHHA!



Evil Genius ;)

[Lovechild]

Well might I ask the posters above for the patent registration number that supports their claim.

I do believe I have prior art...

You have been groklaw'ed

[Sirin]

I hold the patent for the binary number system. I now control everything.
So pay up!

WHAAAHHAHAHHA!



Evil Genius ;)

I hold the patent for numbers. Royalty fees, please? Pay me in gold bars, too. Paper money is for tearing and coins are for collecting. Don't forget to pay me when you go to math class, pay your cash when you shop, and simply, use numbers period. :p

[Lovechild]

I hold patent nr. 1 - breathing, you all owe me a gazillion dollars, cough up please.

[linbetwin]

The Greeks have their own claims, as you can read here (http://humorix.org/articles/2005/09/reparations/). Seems like in Antiquity Greek was spelled without the "r".

[Sirin]

I hold patent nr. 1 - breathing, you all owe me a gazillion dollars, cough up please.

I legally and permanently hold a patent for every thought. Boy, it looks like I'm richer than Hillbillie Gates! I shall sponsor the Linux community with 500 Quintillion gold bars! I then buy Microsoft, Apple, Real, and now, I set the world as my property. \\:D/


My "favorite" software patent would have to be MS's double click patent.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...S=PN/6,727,830

That is the most bullhttp://www.aap.org/images/content/bookstore/M-ESRB.gif thing I have ever seen.

[nsa_767]

If anyone has access to "The Economist" magazine, they might want to read the October 22nd-28th (2005) special survey on patents. Of special interest in the section entitled: "An open secret"

It explains how many firms, such as IBM, have granted the open-source community the right to use their patented technologies (in an unrestricted fashion) and how these firms believe that this action gives them some edge in the market place.

[BWF89]

If Microsoft tried to sue Linux and Apple for infringing on their double click patent the result would most likely be a software patent nuclear war.

[linbetwin]

Then we'd have to triple-click.

[xequence]

If microsoft tried to sue linux or its users for anything there would be alot of backlash - And everyone would move to BSD.



That's it, buddy, you're SCO'ed!

Youre funny :P