[Patents] Microsoft Uses Open-Source Code

[phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut)]

> I don't like them, but I only hope that they are anti-patent, or even
> if not, then they may be moved to the anti-patent position. It'd be
> really good for us all.

They are in fact lobbying for software patents at many levels.  One
important reason for that can be found in the halloween papers

        http://www.opensource.org/halloween/

Apart from being a good weapon to kill opensource software, as written
there, software patents can help fortify a monopolistic situation, even
if at present there are other companies that have more swpats than M$.

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