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TomTom - "Settled, But Not Over Yet" says SFLC

By Pamela Jones et al.

Software Freedom Law Center has put out the following statement, which is harmonious with everything else I've been able to glean:

Settled, But Not Over Yet

Today's settlement between Microsoft and TomTom ends one phase of the community's response to Microsoft patent aggression, and begins another. On the basis of the information we have, we have no reason to believe that TomTom's settlement agreement with Microsoft violates the license on the kernel, Linux, or any other free software used in its products. The settlement neither implies that Microsoft patents are valid nor that TomTom's products were or are infringing.

There's more. Red Hat's legal eagles have put out a statement too, the meat of which is this: "Red Hat was not a party to this case. Even so, without a judicial decision, the settlement does not demonstrate that the claims of Microsoft were valid."

Full post as published by Groklaw on March 30, 2009 (boomark / email).