Linux group asks Supreme Court to nix all software patents
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| One of the greatest threats to the acceptance of open source
| software by major corporate customers is the so-called FUD
| factor--the "fear, uncertainty, and doubt" that arises (justifiably
| or not) from the concern that patented proprietary software code
| might have found its way into the open source software at some
| stage, exposing the customer to liability for patent infringement.
| Because open source software is created through a decentralized
| process, with hundreds of individual developers making
| contributions, it is hard to guarantee against such an occurrence.
| If the SFLC could ever succeed in having the Supreme Court
| invalidate all software patents in one fell swoop, its mission
| would largely be complete.
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