Dip a fellow reporter from TV Azteca xD 
The organization pro-Linux, Open Invention Network
,
buy 22 patents belonging to Microsoft . A curious case after years of accusations of patent violation against the open operating system has made the main global software company. OIN, consisting of large technological deals buy patents to use your protectionist mechanism to advance the development of free software against companies that use patents to stifle innovation.
These 22 patents were sold by Microsoft to Allied Security Trust (AST) at the beginning of the year and formerly belonging to Silicon Graphics. Are related to Linux and the graphics subsystem and hence the interest in ISO for purchase. Bizarre story, but critics say
so the threat of the business of software patents , used on countless occasions
some companies called "patent trolls" that used exclusively for non-stop innovation.
its patents to any company agreed not to use its contents against the Linux community
. The transaction is expected to be signed this week, but financial details were not disclosed. The ISO believes that getting these patents is essential for protection Linux developers of expensive lawsuits. 
Via:
MuyLinux
OIN was launched in 2005 and counts among its ranks with the support and financial backing of large companies like IBM, Red Hat, Google, Novell, NEC, Philips, TomTom and others. The organization offers free 
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