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==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)|Fortune]]}}</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
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