[linux-audio-dev] Patents on some Linux OS code

[Cornell III, Howard M]

All,

The 11/22 issue of Computerworld has a blurb about Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer warning government leaders in Singapore that switching their
20,000 PCs from Windows to Linux could subject them to patent lawsuits.
I have heard some tales about commercial versions of Linux including
indemnification of users against these suits.  What is the current
status of the patent issues?  Will they ever be resolved, or are all
Linux users susceptible (proportional to the depth of their pockets)?

Howard Cornell