Microsoft Patents Again... [sigh]
So, Microsoft forces yet another company to pay for its Linux patent indulgence.
What’s interesting here? ”...has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum… Microsoft disclosed Wednesday.” Microsoft once again refuses to state which patents Linux supposedly violates (no surprise here), but when someone actually agrees to pay them, they immediately blow the trumpets and make sure the media discuss the story ad infinitum. Obviously they don’t cover cases when their patent trolling is met with the middle finger.
What’s particularly frustrating here is that the more companies prefer to pay Microsoft just to get rid of their legal bullying, the more people will view Linux as a dangerous thing that “rightfully belongs” to an unethical competitor.
Will they do this with Mono? Promise not to sue the people creating the tech, but sue the people implementing it into devices?
When will they ever get their come-uppance?