__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 13 January 2007 20:01 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Novell, Microsoft Building Bridges
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Also, we have agreed to provide each other's customers with patent
>>| coverage for our leading products. This patent protection lets us
>>| offer our customers the highest levels of interoperability, with
>>| assurance that both companies stand behind their solutions. On a
>>| foundation of respect for software patents and other intellectual
>>| property, we have built a bridge for customers between the two
>>| worlds of open-source and proprietary software.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.moreinterop.com/
>>
>> Shakespeare wags a finger at Microsoft/Novell pact ... has plenty to say
>> about other tech matters, too.
>
> The "respect for software patents" would seem to indicate that Novell
> are not interested in markets outside of the US and Australia, which are
> the only major economies which recognise software patents. All other
> major economies have spotted the stupidity of them. I hope all those
> thousands of developers who've contributed to linux appreciate Novell
> making money from their work whilst implying that it broke the law in
> some way. These are not pleasant people.
The problem is, much to our misfortune, that Novell advertises itself in
Europe under the heading of patent-protected Linux. This was discussed in
Groklaw before. They mess about with people's mind, essentially doing
Microsoft's dirty work of changing perception and assassinating the image of
GNU/Linux.
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