Basil Chupin wrote: > Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote: >> On Sunday 12 November 2006 19:47, Alexey Eremenko wrote: >>> Hi all ! >>> >>> Since we have made a deal with MS about patents, I would like to ask >>> include MS-patented Windows Media Codecs (WMA/WMV) with both openSUSE >>> 10.2 and future SUSE versions... (including Enterprise). The code >>> exists (on packman sites - the only problem was patents, which is >>> solved now). >>> >>> After all, we must use that pact to our advantage. >>> >>> What do you think ? >> >> Novell has no deal with Microsoft about patents. Novell can't ship >> patented stuff. >> >> The only deal that was made is, if ever patented stuff is found, MS >> will not sue customer and viceversa, but the code will be removed >> anyway. >> >> You know. 1% of the population can undertand what they read, that is >> why we get so much fud in the blogs, and now those fashion "Goodbye >> SUSE I am changing distro announcements". > > This link was posted in another forum: > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061107194320461 > > > Read the article. > > Cheers. > That article is PJ's interpretation of the SEC filing.
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