Microsoft wants royalties from FOSS

[waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org]

On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 09:18:36PM -0400, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote
> 
> From Slashdot today:
> 
> "Microsoft told Fortune magazine that various free software products
> violate at least 235 patents, and it's time to expect users of this
> software to pay up patent licensing royalties: 'Microsoft General Counsel
> Brad Smith and licensing chief Horacio Gutierrez sat down with Fortune
> recently to map out their strategy for getting FOSS users to pay
> royalties. Revealing the precise figure for the first time, they state
> that FOSS infringes on no fewer than 235 Microsoft patents.'"

  "Gutierrez refuses to identify specific patents or explain how they're
being infringed, lest FOSS advocates start filing challenges to them."

  How's this for a response...
  "Filename, version, and line number please, Mr. McBride" 

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