<blockquote>A Texas jury has ruled against Google in a suit that alleged some of its use of open-source Linux code amounted to patent infringement, something that could have big implications for other companies using Linux technology and other open-source systems. In the verdict, delivered last week, the jury decided that Google should pay $5 million for the infringement.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20056192-36.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-20">Linux patent suit ruled against Google | The Social - CNET News</a>.

This is not good at all.