Most of us are by now familiar with Microsoft’s secretive Linux patent strategy. This agreement is a break from that pattern: instead of setting up something behind closed doors, it’s being done out in the open (or at least as far out in the open as possible). Also, instead of it being about a third party licensing specific patents from Microsoft, it’s about Microsoft providing information about patents they hold so that other people can avoid violating them in the first place.
Link: InformationWeek
