Novell, The Eight Hundred Pound Penguin
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| Interestingly, according to Masie, after realizing that they
| couldn't open-source Netware, Novell apparently considered
| acquiring Red Hat at the time, as well as the possibility of
| forking Slackware before deciding to acquire Ximian, and
| subsequently SUSE.
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| It is also very interesting that, although the main role of Nat
| Friedman and Miguel De Icaza is ensuring that Novell behave
| properly within the community, they were only briefed within
| the last week before the announcement about the Microsoft deal.
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http://boycottnovell.com/2006/12/17/novell-the-eight-hundred-pound-penguin/
Also:
Stafford Masie: "We Will Be GPLv3 Compliant, Trust Me"
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| Here is some from Stafford Masie's presentation at the recent CITI
| forum. According to Masie, Novell will alter their agreement with
| Microsoft, if necessary (and it makes ?business sense?), in order to
| be compliant with the upcoming GNU General Public License version 3.
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http://boycottnovell.com/2006/12/17/stafford-masie-we-will-be-gplv3-compliant-trust-me/
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