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Lets not post crap about Googles privacy issues in this thread.... (talking to the wind I know)....
It's about time a company in the industry brought this issue up. Hopefully other companies will sign on and we'll see some innovation without fear of a lawsuit.....
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When companies like Apple and Microsoft are abusing the already broken patent system and using their patents as 'weapons' against competitors Google has announced the Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge. In it's pledge Google says that they will not sue any user, distributor or developer of open-source software on specified patents, unless first attacked.