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tobylane
on June 12, 2011
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Open-source Patent Troll
Open source doesn't really make a difference, there's still ownership, and there's still often corporate use. Someone suing over the GCC could sue Apple, Oracle, IBM, RedHat, etc, but wouldn't bother suing Linus or Stallman.
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