Amazon has struck a patent licensing deal with Microsoft, giving the online retailer the right to use open-source software in the Kindle.

 As part of the deal Amazon will pay Microsoft an undisclosed sum, and grant the software giant access to some of its Kindle patent portfolio.

The deal has already stirred up open-source advocates. "If the strategy isn't to create uncertainty around Linux, it's hard to say what it is," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation. Source