Microsoft has a patent agreement with amdocs

The practice of signing Android manufacturers for royalties on unnamed patents has long been known and does not surprise anyone. According to Microsoft itself, about 80% of the market for Android devices is affected by the program of deductions, and with Chrome OS, 100% is covered. But Microsoft decided to reach a new level - to collect contributions not only from those who sell devices that have the Linux kernel, but also from those who do not sell anything, but use Linux solutions in their infrastructure, for example, server variations. Linux.



The British company amdocs , which has Linux on servers used for its own needs, became the victim of such an agreement. No, I was not mistaken, this is exactly what is written in the Microsoft press release :

The patent agreement provides a number of licenses to be used for its data centers .

The amount of deductions, as well as the list of infringed patents, is not disclosed by good tradition.



UPD . According to numerous requirements, I changed the title. The original one looked like this: Use Linux? Pay Microsoft!