"It was only when Hercules became TurboHercules that IBM objected, Bowler said. That could prove important to a court. Patent lawyers don?t care whether your rip-off is made for business or pleasure, and failure to assert rights can often put them at risk."
This will just serve as a warning to all companies that allow any open source coding that they MUST immediately shut them down or be prepared to lose a revenue stream for the sake of FOSS. As all corporations are required to try to improve shareholder equity, FOSS should/will become a problem to any company that makes both hardware and software.
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