<story><title>Microsoft want court to toss lawsuit accusing them of abusing open-source code</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-microsoft-want-court-toss-lawsuit-accusing-them-abusing-open-source-code-2023-01-27/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jsnell</author><text>Is there anything out of the ordinary here? Doesn&amp;#x27;t basically every lawsuit have the defendant file a motion to dismiss, based on any halfway plausible reason?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nimbius</author><text>it was a successful strategy for VMWare when approached by a German developer about improper licensing for his open source code.  VMWare managed to get the original case tossed on a technicality, as well as the appeal, which bought them enough time to drop the linux code entirely and avoid a discovery where they would most certainly be found in violation.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.zdnet.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;linux-developer-abandons-vmware-lawsuit&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.zdnet.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;linux-developer-abandons-vmwar...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.zdnet.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;vmware-sued-for-failure-to-comply-with-linuxs-license&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.zdnet.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;vmware-sued-for-failure-to-com...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Vmlinux&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Vmlinux&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft want court to toss lawsuit accusing them of abusing open-source code</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-microsoft-want-court-toss-lawsuit-accusing-them-abusing-open-source-code-2023-01-27/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jsnell</author><text>Is there anything out of the ordinary here? Doesn&amp;#x27;t basically every lawsuit have the defendant file a motion to dismiss, based on any halfway plausible reason?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TheRealPomax</author><text>There is not. This is standard operating procedure. Getting a case thrown saves &lt;i&gt;so&lt;/i&gt; much money that it is entirely worth having your legal team try to make it happen before the real work starts.</text></comment>