Linux chief challenges Microsoft to pony up on patents

“When it comes to winning over these doubters, Linux Foundation
executive director Jim Zemlin – who welcomed Microsoft’s work with
Linux and criticized its stance on patents – thinks there’s one big
step Microsoft should take.

“Sign a patent license agreement for Windows with the Open
Invention Network (OIN). This would see Microsoft forfeit its right
to prosecute those involved in open-source and Linux over claimed
violations of its patents in their software.”

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