Author: Andrew Orlowski
Microsoft should license its protocols for free, says a lawyer representing its legal opponents including IBM, Nokia, Oracle and Red Hat.
The company has been obliged to open up its protocols as a result of the Antitrust settlement in the US, but the fees it’s charging don’t reflect that it was found guilty, and is being punished, says lawyer Thomas Vinje. Vinje, a counsel for Clifford Chance and representing the European Committee for Interoperable Systems, says they should be licensed for free.
