[aklug] Re: Ought to be fun - Microsoft has patented "sudo"

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Jim Gribbin wrote:
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Well, just when I thought no stupidity in the world could surprise me,
the scumbags at Microsoft pull it off.

But, the important question: are they trying to patent sudo itself, or
an interface on top of it? These guys seems to be saying they are
actually trying to patent sudo itself:

http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2007/05/did-microsoft-just-patent-sudo.html

If that is the case, then they will be blown to pieces at the first
lawsuit, right, since sudo has long been under a BSD-style license?

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Christopher Howard
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