Trimming the FAT: Linux and Patents

Posted by linuxmag on May 7, 2009 11:21 PM EDT
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The TomTom case exposed a long-simmering problem resulting from the combination of patents, proprietary software companies and open source. Andrew Tridgell recently patched Linux’s VFAT implementation, but the cult of silence that surrounds intellectual property will bedevil open source projects for some time to come.

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