http://techrights.org/2007/08/04/patent-abuse-codec/ 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 http://techrights.org/2007/08/04/patent-abuse-codec/comment-page-1/#comment-1622 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 10:29:59 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/08/04/patent-abuse-codec/#comment-1622 I haven’t read the article carefully enough, but I suspect that Microsoft says to Red Hat that they will have to sign a patent deal if they want interoperability (codecs). I consider this a form of extortion. This has gone on for months, so while these details are new, the general storyline is very familiar. It’s a deja vu.

]]> http://techrights.org/2007/08/04/patent-abuse-codec/comment-page-1/#comment-1621 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:47:22 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/08/04/patent-abuse-codec/#comment-1621 Red Hat has too much to loose. Both Red Hat and Fedora have very strong community and this community is partly ideological. There are many people involved in Free and Open Source Software. Red Hat without community would be weak like a man without friends. I highly doubt Red Hat will sign any patent related deal, but “interoperability” which here means “codecs” wouldn’t be imho “evil”. However patents cross licensing is somehow probable.

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