On Wednesday 15 November 2006 03:13, John Andersen wrote: > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 16:05, houghi wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 03:44:27PM -0900, John Andersen wrote: > > > Novells promise of money to Microsoft based on the SALES OF FOSS > > > software, while at the same time declaring that there is no > > > infringements in Suse is confusing at best, disingenuous, and possibly > > > in direct violation of the GPL. > > > > What sales of GPL software? What they sell/give away/deal with is the > > SLES and SLED upgrades. If I want to download SLES, I just do so. If I > > want to have updates, I must go to Novell and get a licence *for those > > updates*. > > Why am i having this discussion with you? You seem to have no clue > what is in the agreement: > From: > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-02MSNovellPR.mspx > > Quote: > Under the patent cooperation agreement, both companies will make upfront > payments in exchange for a release from any potential liability for use of > each other’s patented intellectual property, with a net balancing payment > from Microsoft to Novell reflecting the larger applicable volume of > Microsoft’s product shipments. ****Novell will also make running royalty > payments based on a percentage of its revenues from open source > products.**** ---- end-quote emphases added = ****
http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq_opensource.html Q5. Novell's November 2 press release states that, "Novell will also make running royalty payments based on a percentage of its revenues from open source products." Are these payments for a patent license to Novell? No. Novell has no license or covenant not to sue from Microsoft under this agreement. The payments are for Microsoft's covenant directly to Novell's customers. ***By the same token, Microsoft's customers receive the same covenant from Novell in return for payment from Microsoft to Novell.*** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
