Patent Hassles for OpenMoko | Linux Today

Patent Hassles for OpenMoko

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 19, 2008

“In order to get ourselves in a stronger position, we want to
make sure no copies/instances/whatever of patent-infested
technologies like MP2 and MP3 exist on our servers. Our phones
never shipped with end-user MP3 playback features, but we want to
use this opportunity to make sure it’s not even in some remote
place somewhere.” The OpenMoko project did not need to run into
this particular hassle.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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