[Novalug] No FLOSS supporter will use SuSe? was Re: [Ma-linux] hell freezes over, and Microsoft, Novell join in Linux Pact

[Jay Sulzberger]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Thomas R. Corbin <corbin at samsixedd.com> wrote:

> On Monday, 06 November 2006 09:43 pm, Jay Sulzberger escreveu:
>> Payment by Novell to Microsoft for every copy of SUSE sold by
>> Novell? =A0Of course this is an illegal combination in restraint of
>> trade, and on its face worse than the original offense for which
>> Microsoft was brought to trial and convicted.
>
> =09As I read it, that's not the agreement.   Only those who sign up for s=
upport
> get the patent protection, and those who do things only for hobby work - =
and
> don't share that work with anyone else.   So I don't think kde, gnome, em=
acs,
> etc. have any protection from this agreement.   Not that they are necessa=
rily
> in danger of anything.   I think they are in more danger than before, tho=
ugh.

Indeed Novell has agreed to pay Microsoft a fee per copy of Novell SuSe sol=
d.

According to Novell, Novell has agreed to make this illegal
payment because Microsoft has many software patents.

Read the agreement, and the official press releases and the
official statements of Novell and Microsoft to the press.

oo--JS.



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