Erlang vs Linux

[Miguel Barreiro Paz]

	Just out of curiosity, I've coincidentally found that patent
EP0544637 (equivalent to WO9311484, for those out of the EU) effectively
patents Erlang and OTP. I understand that its purpose is to guard
Ericsson's shoulders, but the legal status of an opensourced system that
is at the same time covered by a patent is a bit questionable without
an explicit statement by the patent holder.

	Can anyone comment on this?

Regards,

Miguel