Linux violates more than 228 patents - big deal.

This article focuses on the impact of the allegation that Linux violates over 228 patents on the licensing costs issue of software in the U.S. This report came from a consultancy named Open Source Risk Management (OSRM). OSRM describes its mission as being based on a vision of a world made safe for open source, a world in which the unique freedoms and efficiencies of the open source software development model are fully protected through comprehensive and low-cost vendor-neutral open source protection available to end users, developers and vendors.