Microsoft Calls a Truce in the Linux Patent Wars
Microsoft Calls a Truce in the Linux Patent Wars
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
October 12, 20185m 29s
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Show Notes
Microsoft wants to make peace with Linux, saying this week that it will allow more than 2,600 other companies, including longtime rivals like Google and IBM, to use the technology behind 60,000 Microsoft patents for their own Linux-related open source projects. That could be good news for makers of "internet of Things" devices.
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