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[News] The Novell/Microsoft Relationship - Bruce Perens' Allegory

Allegorical version of the Novell-Microsoft Patent Agreement

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| Once upon a time there was a software company called Novell. Novell had a 
| friend "Big Mike" who was always getting in trouble with the law, but he 
| was strong and had a big business.
| 
| [...]
| 
| The volunteers didn't like any of this. They made sure that Novell
| couldn't use any of their new work, but they shared it with all of
| Novell's competitors. The volunteers stuck Novell with the full cost
| of maintaining all of their old work without their help, for as long
| as Novell had to support its own customers. The volunteers were also
| business owners, developers, VARs, and IT managers, and they never
| recommended Novell for anything again.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2006/11/28/11485

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