> Логика критикующей толпы, получается, такая: обогащаться за счет патентов можно только
> всяким эпплам и майкрософтам, а все остальные должны ждать подачек от
> суперкорпораций и не вякать? Т.е. происходит монополизация патентного насилия в IT сообществе.

Cкандал с ТомТом и "ляпшим платиновым дружбаном" уже забыт, увы.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/02/micro.../
> Microsoft has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against navigation device maker TomTom.
> The suit alleges that several of TomTom's products, including some that are Linux-based, infringe on a handful of Microsoft's patents. Several of the patents in question relate to car computing systems and navigation, but there are also two that cover Microsoft's FAT32 filesystem.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/03/microsoft-and-tomtom.../
> Microsoft and TomTom contend that the *terms of the settlement fully conform with TomTom's obligations under the GPL, the license under which Linux is distributed*.
> TomTom has *paid to license* Microsoft's patents, including those covering FAT.