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:Groklaw: About Those "Patents" MS Licensed from SCO in 2003...
Groklaw: About Those "Patents" MS Licensed from SCO in 2003...
Aug 1, 2005, 15 :15 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (8140 reads)

(Other stories by Pamela Jones)

"Back in May of 2003, SCO announced that Microsoft had paid them millions, and we were told this is what they paid for:

"According to a statement from Microsoft, the company will license SCO's Unix patents and the source code.

"Remember that detail? Patents. Plural. At the time, everyone, including me, took them at their word that such patents existed and had been licensed, even if only as cover..."

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Related Stories:
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