Novell execs fend off uncertainty over Microsoft pact
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| "We did not sign a patent cross licensing agreement, what we agreed
| to was not to sue any customers over patents," Hovsepian said, adding
| there has been confusion and rhetoric over the intellectual property
| aspect of the contract.
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| The deal protects customers, but either company could still sue each
| other tomorrow, he said.
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| Allison: Yes, that's true, actually. I mean I have had people
| come up to me and essentially off the record admit that they had been
| threatened by Microsoft and had got patent cross license and had
| essentially taken out a license for Microsoft patents on the free
| software that they were using, which they then cannot redistribute. I
| think that would be the restriction. I would have to look quite
| carefully. So, essentially that's not allowed. But they're
| not telling anyone about it. They're completely doing it off the
| record.
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| The problem with the Novell deal is -- Novell gave Microsoft what
| Microsoft dearly wanted, which is a public admission that they think
| that Linux violates the Microsoft patent.
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