I wonder what will Novell and Microsoft do?
FAQ for it, http://gplv3.fsf.org/dd3-faq
"How do the new terms of section 11 affect the Microsoft-Novell deal?
We attack the Microsoft-Novell deal from two angles. First, in
the fourth paragraph of section 11, the draft says that if you
arrange to provide patent protection to some of the people who
get the software from you, that protection is automatically
extended to everyone who receives the software, no matter how
they get it. This means that the patent protection Microsoft has
extended to Novell's customers would be extended to everyone who
uses any software Novell distributes under GPLv3."
This link also,
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199800081
"If GPLv3 takes effect in its current form, it could force Microsoft to
either terminate its alliance with Novell or give up its patent claims
over parts of Linux. In Microsoft's favor, however, is the fact that
Linux inventor Linus Torvalds has previously said that he intends to
maintain the Linux kernel under GPLv2, which doesn't forbid arrangements
like the Microsoft-Novell alliance.
Still, it could prove impractical for Microsoft and Novell to distribute
only those parts of Linux not covered by GPLv3."
On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 21:55 +0800, Koh WJ wrote:
> http://gplv3.fsf.org/gpl-draft-2007-05-31.html
>
> Check out http://gplv3.fsf.org/rationale too. Section 2 is particularly
> interesting:
>
> "In the Final Draft we have removed the square brackets surrounding the
> cut-off date at the end of section 11, paragraph 7 (corresponding to
> section
> 11, paragraph 5 in Draft 3). That is to say, the Final Draft limits the
> effect
> of this provision to deals involving discriminatory patent promises that
> do
> not predate the release of Draft 3.
> The main reason for this is tactical. We believe we can do more to
> protect the community by allowing Novell to use software under GPL
> version
> 3 than by forbidding it to do so. This is because of paragraph 6 of
> section
> 11 (corresponding to paragraph 4 in Draft 3). It will apply, under the
> Microsoft/Novell deal, because of the coupons that Microsoft has
> acquired
> that essentially commit it to participate in the distribution of the
> Novell
> SLES GNU/Linux system.
> Microsoft is scrambling to dispose of as many Novell SLES coupons
> as possible prior to the adoption of GPLv3. Unfortunately for Microsoft,
> those coupons bear no expiration date, and paragraph 6 has no cut-off
> date.
> Through its ongoing distribution of coupons, Microsoft will have
> procured
> the distribution of GPLv3-covered programs as soon as they are included
> in
> Novell SLES distributions, thereby extending patent defenses to all
> down-
> stream recipients of that software by operation of paragraph 6."
>
>
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