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Did TomTom test Microsoft's Linux patent lock-down?
Published 3/6/2009 at The Register
No choice but to kill open source Microsoft's prosecution of TomTom over alleged violation of patents is looking increasingly like a failure in its long-running policy of tying down Linux users through cross licensing of its IP.…
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