Comments on: Intel’s Co-Founder Spills the Beans on the Great Patent Lie http://techrights.org/2009/05/05/grove-great-patent-liars/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Sean Tilley http://techrights.org/2009/05/05/grove-great-patent-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-63177 Fri, 08 May 2009 00:56:23 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=10219#comment-63177 On the one hand it’s nice to see Intel’s co-founder step forward and speak his mind about issues that are poisoning Free Software.

On the other hand, I’m not sure whether he’s going to go around solving any problems.

]]> By: twitter http://techrights.org/2009/05/05/grove-great-patent-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-63027 Wed, 06 May 2009 03:35:37 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=10219#comment-63027 Intel and other monopolists will try to use patent trolls to strengthen their own position. As the SCO and Novell cases prove, monopoly interests have already used shell companies to do their dirty work with copyright and patents. It is just that they are now subject to the same kinds of attacks themselves after so many years of only using their patents against smaller competitors and inventors. Look for them to bribe their way into some “tort reform” that secures the ability of “reputable” companies to exercise their “defensive patent portfolios” against competitors.

What’s interesting is that they have bowed to the reality of the Biski decision. Seven months ago, independent observers have declared M$’s patent portfolio “worthless”. More recently, the former head of the USPTO declared the US’s whole “IP” stance from 1994 a failure. It has probably taken Intel, M$ and the other usual suspects that long to agree on their strategy for dealing with this new reality. We’ve seen that Intel, does not think M$ has any worthwhile business plans, and Vista’s failure dissappointed the whole industry, so there might be a fundamental rupture. One thing is sure, companies won’t just surrender their software patents. Common sense must be demanded by the rest of us.

]]> By: Shane Coyle http://techrights.org/2009/05/05/grove-great-patent-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-63026 Wed, 06 May 2009 03:35:00 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=10219#comment-63026 "Similar to financial derivatives, the link between patents and the products they protect is getting more tenuous, he said. "

Agreed. We actually had a discussion in a similar vein here a few months ago.

]]> By: Jose_X http://techrights.org/2009/05/05/grove-great-patent-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-63006 Tue, 05 May 2009 21:40:09 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=10219#comment-63006 This is a really sweet gift:

http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2009050501435NWRHLL

It’s worth reading the 11 page brief as well as the press release (as well as Glyn’s article as well as….)

Three Cheers for Red Hat!

[It's not to late to join the FOSS world, Novell.]

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