> > important consideration for us as well. Under the > patent > > cooperation agreement, Novell's customers receive > directly from > > Microsoft a covenant not to sue. Novell does not > receive a patent
Who (customers) would otherwise be sued by M$ for what? > > license or covenant not to sue from Microsoft, and > we have not > > agreed with Microsoft to any condition that would > contradict the > > conditions of the GPL. Our agreement does not > affect the freedom > > that Novell or anyone else in the open source > community, including > > developers, has under the GPL and does not impose > any condition > > that would contradict the conditions of the GPL. > Therefore, the > > agreement is fully compliant with the GPL." > > > > > > For years, Novell has been a leader in defending > the open source > > community from attacks by those who would harm > Linux. Novell's > > strong challenge to SCO, which began in 2003 and > is ongoing, our > > debut of indemnification of customers for possible > copyright > > infringement claims in early 2004, our patent > policy adopted in > > 2004, and our co-founding of Open Invention > Network in 2005 all > > speak to our strong commitment to the community. > This latest > > business transaction, which promotes > interoperability between > > proprietary and open source solutions, takes that > commitment to > > another level, this time by focusing on the IT > needs of our customers. > > > > > > Additional answers to questions raised by the open > source community > > are available at > www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq_opensource.html. > > > > Novell's just dodging the questions raised. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
