__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Saturday 26 May 2007 10:34 \__
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 26 May 2007 08:51 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Open-source advocate Bruce Perens said he would be looking to see
>>>| exactly what Novell was given through the deal and whether there is
>>>| any requirement for the Linux vendor to defend Microsoft's patent
>>>| claims. "What I'm actually looking for is, to what extent was there
>>>| a violation of faith?" he said.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
>
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/25/Novell-goes-public-with-terms-of-Microsoft-Linux-deal_1.html
>>>
>>> More here:
>>>
>>> Novell - Microsoft Agreements Revealed
>>>
>>>
>
http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/05/novell_microsof_1.html
>>
>> What fool in Novell agreed to that third paragraph?
>
> The guy on the left. He talks to Mr. Capone.
>
> http://www.linux-watch.com/files/misc/hovsepian-ballmer.jpg
Addendum (on a more serious note/tone):
Further analysis @
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070525211117353
Some background and context here:
http://linux.sys-con.com/read/381097.htm
"Linux Open Source News: Novell to Disclose Edited Microsoft Agreement
Agreement is Basis of Microsoft?s Claim to Hundreds of Patent Claims"
I'll admit I haven't read it carefully, but Bruce Perens and others are
surely going to do so. Then, articles will show up with further analysis.
These transcripts are incomplete, mind you. Novell hides something.
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