I don't like software patents or the Microsoft Novell deal. Others have done a better job at pointing out the problems than I can:
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/2007-03-28-gplv3-grandfather http://gplv3.fsf.org/gpl3-dd3-rationale.pdf http://boycottnovell.com/ http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061102175508403 http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20061121141625210 http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/19/1720201 http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/04/2147259 http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/09/149259 http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/24/1234207 So, what I see is that most people view the deal as a threat to software freedom and some have seen it as harmful to Novell's business. For all of that, Novell has not gained much. They got an exclusive deal on Mono, according to M$, which will always be intentionally crippled. No one has been able to use OOXML but M$ and I doubt that will ever change. If that's a pat on the back, it's more of an expression of dominance than affection or trust. On Friday 08 August 2008, Dustin Puryear wrote: > Is your issue with > the evil nature of patents in general (which would include IBM and > others) or *just* the Microsoft/Novell patent deal? _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
