Microsoft patent deal could leave Novell behind
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| While Linux creator Linus Torvalds has previously stated that the
| Linux kernel will remain on the GPL v2 license, much of the code
| that makes up a complete Linux distribution is owned by the FSF,
| which intends to re-license all its code to GPL v3 as soon as it is
| completed in early 2007.
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| "In the face of these changes, Novell will probably be stuck with
| old versions of the software, under old licenses, with Novell
| sustaining the entire cost and burden of maintaining that software,"
| Perens wrote, adding that Novell faces a choice of sticking with
| Microsoft and being left behind, or turning its back on the patent deal.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=C1856F2A-F214-4A65-A8C1-4B6CBC1CEED5
Microsoft: The more that they say, the less rosy the patent deal looks
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| Again, if Microsoft's patents are only worth $40M or so, and Novell's
| are worth $300M, then does anyone have anything to fear about
| Microsoft's patent rattling? If their value is comparatively
| worthless, why is anyone bothering to take them seriously (this
| assumes, of course, that someone is)?
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http://asay.blogspot.com/2006/11/microsoft-more-that-they-say-less-rosy.html
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