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[News] Novell, Microsoft, and the Implications for Opensuse Devs

The Novell-MS Deal: What Happens *After* the 5 Years?

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| My conclusion is that the only safe assumption is that Microsoft
| retains an absolute right to terminate and revoke without any
| contractual restraint. In other words, one must assume that the
| covenant not to sue is actually a covenant not to sue unless
| Microsoft wants to sue. It's up to you whether you find such
| language reassuring. Why, one might ask, would such revocation
| language be necessary? And if you are a business, are you really
| any safer using Novell's SUSE than any other Linux distro, with
| that clause in the agreement, subject to terms that you don't
| even know?
| 
| Naturally, one would be prudent to also consider the source
| of the promise. 
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