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Samsung

Just before fraud and scandals, Samsung signed a patent deal with Microsoft, agreeing to pay Microsoft for the use of Linux and/or Linux-related products. Samsung uses Linux in Android, LiMo, and its own operating system, Bada.

Our posts about the company, listed very roughly in order of relevance and sorted by year (until 2010 when posts about the company became frequent) include the following:

2007

  • Attempts to ‘Infect’ Google’s Android with Microsoft IP Tax? ("Also recall Samsung's patent deal with Microsoft. They do phones with Mono.")
  • What if Patent Deals Never Covered Linux at All?
  • It’s the Executives’ Fault, Not the Developers’
  • Patent News: Fear, Trolling, Abuse, Threats, and Dismissal
  • Jim Zemlin (Linux Foundation) on Software Patent Trolls, Samsung’s Patent Deal Revisited


    • 2008

  • Quick Mention: Windows ISV Tries to ‘Shove’ .NET into Mobile Linux Consortium ("Remember Samsung, its Mono phones, and its patent 'protection' deal with Microsoft?")
  • Microsoft’s Software Patents ‘Buddy’ Faces More Corruption Allegations
  • More Legal Trouble for a Microsoft Patent Partner (Fraud); Google Stumbles ("We wrote about Samsung's corruption allegations just a fortnight ago and also provided many contextual links for background about this deal.")
  • Quick Mention: Samsung’s Head Man Jumps Ship
  • ASUS, Xandros, Microsoft and Other Business Partners ("Last but now least, Samsung has got this new product (described below), but despite the fact that it’s Linux-based, Samsung is definitely to be avoided not just because of the corruption but also because it sold out (Linux developers) to Microsoft.")
  • Microsoft and Samsung: Lots in Common ("Fraudulent minds think alike; sign software patent deals")
  • Another Reason to Avoid Samsung, Microsoft and Nikon Engage in Patents Affair ("Samsung is one among several Asian companies that manufacture/design electronics and also signed a patent deal with Microsoft. Samsung’s deal explicitly involved Linux. Among other issues with Samsung, there’s Mono on devices and outright corruption...")
  • Do-No-Evil Saturday – Part II: SUSE, Samsung, and Free/Linspire ("Samsung is one of the bad guys and it has just released what’s called “Olympics” phone, which runs Linux.")
  • New Ballnux-powered Devices from Samsung and LG (Microsoft Sellouts)
  • What Does Samsung’s Linux Deal Mean to Android and Mono?
  • Samsung is Down, Lenovo Disappoints with ‘Microsoft Tax’


    • 2009

  • More Misconduct Connected to Microsoft ("Samsung signed a Microsoft patent deal involving Linux and although Samsung’s fraud has not been mentioned for a while [...] Samsung also joined Microsoft’s Linux ‘protection’ racket when Lee Kun-Hee was in charge.")
  • Is Windows Mobile Being Replaced by Linux or by Ballnux? ("Another new report is suggesting that Samsung builds its own Linux-based operating system for mobile devices. [...] The big problem here is that Samsung pays "Linux tax" to Microsoft.")
  • Microsoft Dumping in SXSW, Barnardos, and Samsung ("Here is a similar publicity stunt from Microsoft’s extortion racket subscriber, Samsung.")
  • Novell News Summary – Part I: OpenSUSE, Novell SUSE, and Samsung ("Not so long ago we wrote about a Samsung phone to avoid (Samsung signed a Linux patent deal with Microsoft) and here it is again.")
  • Microsoft Interjects Itself into Free Software Using Novell ("Samsung’s deal with Microsoft is similar to Novell’s, so Samsung’s failure would be wonderful news for GNU/Linux and a disaster to Microsoft’s plan against it.")
  • UK’s First-ever LiMo Phones Are Encumbered by Microsoft Patent Tax (on Linux)
  • LiMo Phones to Avoid: Vodafone 360 H1 (Samsung)
  • Patents Roundup: Samsung/LiMo and Microsoft Tax, Microsoft Found Infringing Again
  • Patents Roundup: Linux, Acacia, Microsoft, Samsung and More ("Since Samsung pays Microsoft for Linux, what does this mean to Android/Google?")
  • Samsung Brings Microsoft’s ‘Linux Tax’ to Android As Well
  • Android Phones to Avoid: LG
  • Lawsuits Against Microsoft Turn to Class Action Lawsuit While Microsoft Mobiles Become Dying Breed ("A week ago we wrote about Samsung's bad impact on Android and now we find Microsoft’s friend Samsung ganging up to advance Windows Mobile.")
  • Novell News Summary – Part I: OpenSUSE 11.2 Near GM; Ron Hovsepian Congratulates Intel ("Samsung, which signed a Microsoft patent deal similar to Novell’s, is still receiving some press for its Microsoft-taxed Linux phones.")
  • Xandros to Visit Microsoft Show, Samsung’s Ballnux Phones Fail
  • Companies That Signed Anti-Linux Patent and FUD Deals with Microsoft Also Violate the GPL (Samsung included)
  • Companies That Facilitate Microsoft’s Linux Extortion Still Close Partners of Microsoft (Samsung included)
  • Microsoft’s Software Patents Racket Against GNU/Linux Tightens Further


    • Bada

  • “Bada” Means Microsoft Patent Tax
  • Novell News Summary – Part II: SUSE Case Studies, Xandros and Bada
  • Novell News Summary – Part II: SLES and Samsung’s Bada, Enlightenment
  • Novell News Summary – Part II: SUSE on Jaguar XT5, Xandros Dimming, LG Boots Ballnux Fast, Samsung Makes Bada/E17
  • Novell News Summary – Part II: SUSE and GroundWork, Samsung and LG
  • Novell News Summary – Part II: Intelligent Workload Management, Ballnux, and Bada
  • Novell News Summary – Part II: SLES in IBM Mainframes and HP, Other Ballnux Distributions (Bada)
  • Novell News Summary – Part II: SLES+Itanium, Xandros, Samsung+Bada ("The arrival of Bada has put Samsung in some Linux spotlights recently. But Samsung is part of Microsoft’s Linux racket.")


    • 2010

  • Samsung to Make Microsoft DRM Stronger, Just as It Made Microsoft’s Linux Racket Stronger
  • Microsoft Patent Tax on Linux-powered Televisions
  • Samsung Goes Beyond Corruption and Starts Bullying Critics With Lawsuits
  • Samsung is a GPL Violator


    • 2013

  • Joosun Hahn, GPL Violations, and Samsung's Microsoft Patent Trap in Linux (exFAT)
  • Don’t Buy GNU/Linux, Tizen, or Android From Samsung


    • 2016

  • Samsung to Potentially Challenge Design Patents in the US Supreme Court While Filing Patent Applications for Designs


    • Posts categorised as including Samsung can be browsed here (latest first, oldest at the end).

    2018

  • Samsung is the 'New IBM', Sans the Trolling With Patents


    • 2019

  • But the ASUS EEE Story Might Offer Clues
  • Looking for Explanations About Samsung’s DeX and Other FOSS Initiatives Being Canned