Growing Threat to Free/Libre Software From Software Patents: Apple, Microsoft and Nokia Charge Ahead | Linux Today

Growing Threat to Free/Libre Software From Software Patents: Apple, Microsoft and Nokia Charge Ahead

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Roy Schestowitz
Aug 2, 2017

The triplet of phone companies with dying ambitions (or declining market share) and just a big pile of patents is still a potent threat to the success of (GNU/)Linux-powered devices which now dominate the market

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Roy Schestowitz

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