Comment bad start... (Score 1) 174
In the beginning of the article, Nic quotes Novell:
Novell makes no admission that its Linux and open source offerings infringe on any other parties' patents.
And than a few lines later claims:
Wait. Didn't we just read that no such infringements exist?
Sorry, but I do not read such a claim from Novell. They refuse to admit infringements, but in my understanding, this is not the same. Novell's statement is standard comment to protect them against false claims, such as that there are no patent infringements in their code. (Claiming to be fully patant infringement free is, as we all know, impossible to demonstrate.)
With all due respect for Nicholas Petreley, this article starts off with the wrong premise. The rest is a personal opinion, but not related to its stated reasons.
Novell makes no admission that its Linux and open source offerings infringe on any other parties' patents.
And than a few lines later claims:
Wait. Didn't we just read that no such infringements exist?
Sorry, but I do not read such a claim from Novell. They refuse to admit infringements, but in my understanding, this is not the same. Novell's statement is standard comment to protect them against false claims, such as that there are no patent infringements in their code. (Claiming to be fully patant infringement free is, as we all know, impossible to demonstrate.)
With all due respect for Nicholas Petreley, this article starts off with the wrong premise. The rest is a personal opinion, but not related to its stated reasons.
