Monday, June 25, 2007

Mandriva rejects Microsoft

Mandriva has followed the lead of other Linux distributors, such as Canonical and Red Hat, in <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6192639.html?tag=nl.rSINGLE">publicly spurning Microsoft's advances</A> for a patent protection deal.

Last fall, Microsoft and Novell signed an agreement in which Microsoft agreed not to sue Novell for patent infringement. This agreement has since been followed by similar deals with Linux firms Xandros and Linspire.

The Windows maker claims that open-source applications infringe hundreds of its patents, but it has so far failed to specify which patents are involved.

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