Free Software Group May Bar Novell From New Code

[John.Michael.Kane]

Have a read..
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198700987&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News


Discuss if you like..

[spinflick]

Yeah and if that that dont work burn them. ;)

[DoctorMO]

It's not really a ban, it's a term which Novell can't accept since if they release any gplv3 code any patent agreements get passed onto EVERYBODY and I bet microsoft won't like that one bit and it'll put Novell in hot water.

They're being candid about the impact but ultimately their deal shows a complete disregard for the floss community and rather than be punished we are simply fixing the holes in the gpl that should have prevented this kind of abuse in the first place.

The fact that it will hurt them is only an enjoyable secondary result.

[K.Mandla]

It's all part of Microsoft's master plan.

[Ireclan]

I think Novell is an idiot for collaborating with Microsoft. It's like making friends with a pit viper. Microsoft has no compelling reason to "play nice" with Novell. I think Microsoft will stab them in the back (how, I don't know, but with it being Microsoft, they'll find a way) the first chance they get.

[darkhatter]

I don't like the whole Novell Microsoft deal but Novell has done a lot of good things for Linux. Microsoft's customers wanted Linux to work better with windows so I guess thats a reason for Microsoft to not kill Novell. I hope this doesn't happen cause I'm really going to miss Novell, I like Sled and openSuse