Thought this was interesting enough to share
From http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=4807
"This is actually really bad news," says Bruce Perens, a Linux advocate. "It sets up Microsoft to assert its patents against all commercial open source users. The deal is going to be: 'You have to buy Microsoft-licensed Linux distribution from Novell or there is an implicit threat that Microsoft will assert its patents against you'." Perens even questioned whether Novell's patent agreement might violate Linux' software licence, known as the GNU General Public Licence (GPL), which prohibits Linux distributors from obtaining exclusive patent licences. "Is Novell going to break the GPL, because the GPL says if you offer a patent licence, it is for everyone?" Perens asks.
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