On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 06:01:27PM -0800, Chris Louden wrote: > >On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 04:47:23PM -0800, Chris Louden wrote: > >> Regarding "Microsoft will never try to assert any patent issues > >> against any open source project.". Any project or just those that make > >> it into Novell product? > > > >I really do not know, as I have not read the legal agreement between the > >two companies (nor do I really want to do so.) > > > > But you made the claim that they would not. I would assume that you > had this knowledge prior to making it.
I had the knowledge that it was originally told to me that they would not be asserting them against "any open source project". I assumed that ment "any", but in reading the links I provided you, it does not say that, only "the open source projects that Novell ships". Now Novell does ship a metric butt load of projects, so almost everything you can think of is proabably covered, but yes, I know there are other things out there in the world that are not in the distro (as is evident by Gentoo and Debian's larger quantity of packages.) I will try to find out for sure. > >I'll ask around and see if I can find anything out. > > > > Thanks, I would appreciate the feedback. Sorry if i have rubbed you > the wrong way. Just don't be so close minded. Remember our mission, it doesn't include being rude to other people or groups or companies. greg k-h
