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[News] World Should Reject Patents (Monopolies) Altogether, TomTom Analysis

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Should an Open Source Licence Ever Be Patent-Agnostic?

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| So, in my view, the OSI should not give in to this blackmail, but should 
| stand firm on the fundamental principle that software patents are an 
| unmitigated harm for free software. It should reject the current proposed 
| licence, and insist that if the MPEG Working Group wishes to benefit from 
| open source, it should play by open source's rules.    
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/should-open-source-licence-ever-be-patent-agnostic

Linux Outlaws 85 - I Know What You Are Wearing, Mr. Wollenberg

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| On this special show, we talk about the Microsoft/TomTom settlement and 
| interview Linux Basement’s Chad Wollenberg on open source in schools. 
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http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/85


Recent:

Microsoft Vs. TomTom: Beating A Dead Horse

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| So in the short term, Microsoft didn't gain very much by picking on TomTom.
| And in the long term, the company's decision to sue could explode in its
| face.
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| TomTom may have stepped aside, but some much bigger and better-funded
| open-source players are now stepping up to the plate. The Open Invention
| Network, for example, is already pondering a counterattack that could include
| legal action designed to invalidate Microsoft's FAT patent.
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http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2009/04/microsoft_vs_to.html


TomTom & Microsoft each file notices of dismissal "without prejudice"

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| Two notices of dismissal have been filed with the courts -- Microsoft's in
| Washington State, and TomTom's in Virginia, each dismissed without prejudice,
| ending both patent litigations. "Without prejudice" means that either could
| ramp it up and do this some more in the future, should circumstances arise
| that made it necessary. But in most cases, it means the litigation, or
| whatever, is over. Remember when SCO withdrew "without prejudice" its
| emergency motion to sell its assets, or Novell's assets, depending on your
| point of view? We never saw that again, did we, despite it being
| withdrawn "without prejudice".
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090402200704369


Analysis: Microsoft-TomTom settlement is end of a battle, not the war

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| The Software Freedom Law Center, an organization focused on protecting
| open-source and free software, said in a statement that the "settlement
| between Microsoft and TomTom ends one phase of the community's response to
| Microsoft patent aggression and begins another. On the basis of the
| information we have, we have no reason to believe that TomTom's settlement
| agreement with Microsoft violates the license on the kernel, Linux, or any
| other free software used in its products. The settlement neither implies that
| Microsoft patents are valid nor that TomTom's products were or are
| infringing."
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9130832


TomTom - "Settled, But Not Over Yet" says SFLC

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| There's more. Red Hat's legal eagles have put out a statement too, the meat
| of which is this: "Red Hat was not a party to this case. Even so, without a
| judicial decision, the settlement does not demonstrate that the claims of
| Microsoft were valid."
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| In fact, SFLC says they believe they are invalid:
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|     The FAT filesystem patents on which Microsoft sued are now and have
|     always been invalid patents in our professional opinion. SFLC remains
|     committed to protecting the interests of our clients and the community.
|     We will act forcefully to protect all users and developers of free
|     software against further intimidation or interference from these patents.
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|     SFLC, working with the Open Invention Network and the Linux Foundation,
|     is pleased to participate in a coordinated, carefully graduated response
|     on behalf of all the community's members to ongoing anti-competitive
|     Microsoft conduct. We believe in strength through unity, and we think our
|     community's unity in the face of these threats has helped to bring about
|     Microsoft's quick settlement on all issues with TomTom.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090330181547642
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