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[News] Will Code from Novell be Rejected?

Should we really reject code from Novell?

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| Our battle is not about escaping software patents infringement.
| It is about invalidating software patenting as a whole. The former 
| is basically impossible and hence pretty worthless. If you really want
| to fight the MS-Novell deal in the area of their patent covenant then 
| support GPLv3 and urge as many developers as possible to switch to it. 
| Then, the covenant that MS made with Novell will cover and protect more 
| and more of the Free Software code upon which Microsoft wont be able to 
| sue (because, per the GPLv3, they have promised not to sue anyone who 
| touches the code that supposedly infringes their patents).
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