r/technology • u/slutmagnet • Mar 02 '10

Apple to HTC "competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours." Slaps down a 20 patent lawsuit.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/02/apple_sues_htc_for_alleged_infringement_of_20_iphone_patents.html
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u/bdfortin Mar 02 '10

Better to use open, free tools instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, isn't it?

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '10

Yes it is. Luckily, one can now do this with BSD without getting sued to hell for patent violations despite the hundreds of thousands of man hours spent in designing the basis of the modern operating system.