| " Microsoft and Samsung Electronics have agreed to a broad, cross-licensing patent agreement that apparently includes a controversial clause that protects against any legal claims Microsoft may have on technology used in Linux. " " The two companies on Wednesday said the deal would cover patents related to Samsung's existing and future product lines, such as " " products, set-top boxes, digital media players, camcorders, televisions, printers, and home appliances. Microsoft, on the other hand, would get access to Samsung intellectual property related to digital media and computers. " " Financial terms were not released, but the companies said they would receive payments for the use of their respective technology. " " Within the joint press release announcing the deal, however, the companies said, "Samsung and its distributors and customers may utilize Microsoft's patents in Samsung's products with proprietary software, and Samsung will also obtain coverage from Microsoft for its customers' use of certain Linux-based products." " " and Suse Linux, Novell's
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