Microsoft has just found itself having to pay for software patents it allegedly infringed on in .NET. What would be the impact on Novell's Mono framework?

Microsoft has reached a settlement in a patent-infringement lawsuit filed last year by Vertical Computer Systems, according to a filing by the mediator in the case: PDF, 1 page. The Fort Worth, Texas, company's complaint alleged that Microsoft's .Net development system violated a patent issued to Vertical in November 2004.

Here is a good new video that demonstrates how patent trolls and their little extortions come about. ⬆

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