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Comments: 1 +-   80% of the MS Server protocols are unpatented-> on Tuesday April 22 2008, @08:11AM perlow

Submitted by perlow on Tuesday April 22 2008, @08:11AM
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perlow writes "ZDNet blogger Jason Perlow and Centrify's Tom Kemp discover that 80 percent of all Microsoft server protocols are un-patented. What exactly then, did SAMBA license? Are Microsoft's patent and intellectual property threats simply the growls of a paper tiger?"
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  • It doesn't matter if the patents cover 80%, 20%, 2%, or just one key feature. You won't be able to interoperate fully without violating a patent and getting lawer-balled into oblivion.
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