hmm, the way i would look at it is this.
normally, MS could sue anyone they thought infringed on their patents, anytime. this kind of FUD is often used to disuade people from going the open source route. "yeah, we could use it, but we might get sued."
now people can point to StarOffice and say "but if we use this, it's protected".
it keeps one version of OpenOffice (staroffice) from being open to lawsuit. who knows though.
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