Most FOSS advocates don't want to be infringing on Microsoft patents.

You are probably wondering which Microsoft patents have allowed Microsoft to sign up all these vendors to license deals.

Currently Balmer is claiming anyone running Linux can and will be sued for infringing Microsoft patents.

Some cases where Microsoft patents apply to standards used in the .

However, Novell maintains that Mono does not infringe any Microsoft patents.

But technologists say that the Microsoft patent is a worrisome symptom of a much larger problem.

When Mr. Olsen's group first heard of the Microsoft patent, they hotly threatened to press the Patent Office to re-examine it.

A new Microsoft patent has the Internet abuzz with tinfoil-hat-like conspiracy theories.

HTC's legal position will not be helped directly by any Microsoft patents.

In addition to that he is allowed to use Microsoft patents for required format related technology through the OSP license.