Novell sheds (a little) more light on its patent access deal
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| Q. How does Microsoft promising not sue Novell customers gives
| Novell engineers sanctioned access to Microsoft code?
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| In fact, I would suggest that the answer to the first question makes it
| clear that the patent access granted by the technical collaboration
| agreement and the patent covenant not to sue customers are completely
| unrelated.
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| It certainly appears to be at odds with Steinman's earlier statement: "the
| intellectual property agreement provided a foundation for the
| interoperability between Windows and SUSE Linux Enterprise".
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/05/novell_sheds_a.html
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