Will Patent Battles End Free Linux? Dec 25, 2007, 21 :00 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (10859 reads) (Other stories by John Brandon)
"Is the open-source community stealing ideas from commercial vendors? IP Innovations seems to think so; the patent-holding company recently filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against Linux distributors Red Hat and Novell, claiming that Linux uses ideas originally developed at the Xerox PARC laboratory.
"Open-source proponents say this a frivolous lawsuit from a company whose unsavory business model is to sue companies over intellectual property (IP) and patent issues..."
