''Red Hat Faces Patent Infringement SuitSoftware company FireStar has filed suit against open source seller Red Hat, alleging patent infringement. The suit, filed in the Eastern District of Texas, asserts infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,101,502 that is directed to a method of interfacing an object oriented software application with a relational database.
...'' http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2006/06/red_hat_faces_p.htmlLet's hope that goes nowhere, but it serves as a reminder that the danger from a patent attack is real.
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