Novell's Microsoft Deal Is 'All About Customers'
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| Steinman: There are a lot of people who do believe that Microsoft is
| the devil. And that's an opinion that's prevalent in the open source
| community. However, I think it's an opinion that's prevalent in them
| inority -- and it's a vocal minority. I think the vast majority,
| and I'd quantify that at about 80 percent to 85 percent, of the
| open source community actually supports this deal.
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http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=24987
Biased and already-largely-debunked 'studies' aside, They also insist that
they can comply with GPLv3. But the following was published yesterday:
Novell-Microsoft agreement delays GPLv3
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| Although the FSF soon judged the agreement technically legal under
| the current version of the GPL, Eben Moglen, general counsel for
| the FSF and the principal legal architect for GPLv3, is quoted
| as saying, "Our strategy is to use GPLv3 against the deal."
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http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/15/2123200&from=rss
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