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Line 151: ==Infringement claims== [[Microsoft]] has claimed that [[free software]] such as [[OpenOffice.org]] and the [[Linux kernel]] violate 235 Microsoft patents and said that it will seek licence fees,<ref>{{cite web \|last=Parloff \|first=Roger \|date=2007-05-14 \|title=Microsoft takes on the free world \|url=https://fortune.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-linux-intellectual-property/ \|access-date=2022-12-17 \|publisher=[[Fortune (magazine)]]}}</ref> but has so far failed to disclose which patents they may violate. However, the [[Microsoft v. TomTom\|2009 lawsuit]] against TomTom involved the use of Microsoft's patents for long filenames on FAT filesystems, the code for which was in the Linux kernel, not in any TomTom-developed software.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10173126-75.html ~~\|url=http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm~~ ~~\|title=Microsoft takes on the free world~~ ~~\| publisher=[[CNN]]~~ ~~\|date=2007-05-14~~ ~~\|last=Parloff\|first=Roger~~ }}</ref> but has so far failed to disclose which patents they may violate. However, the [[Microsoft v. TomTom\|2009 lawsuit]] against TomTom involved the use of Microsoft's patents for long filenames on FAT filesystems, the code for which was in the Linux kernel, not in any TomTom-developed software.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10173126-75.html \| title=Open-source leaders see Microsoft-TomTom suit as a threat \| publisher=[[CNet]]

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