[Novalug] Novell's FAQ to the Open Source Community

[Alan McConnell]

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 02:34:22PM -0500, gregory pryzby wrote:
> Having not followed EVERY detail of SCO v IBM, I would assume that
> people would be aware of patent issues and are making changes IF
> needed.
> 
> It is stated in Novell's FAQ that if there are known issues, they will
> be addressed as appropriate to not contain infringements.
> 
> When I said 'community' I was referring to developers. I know
> customers are concerned, as that is something I hear daily. 
	Greg, your lawyer guy told us:  Red Hat, Slackware, Debian etc
	could get "bombed" with _claims_ of patent/copyright violations.
	Doesn't matter if they are all BS; the Linux community would have 
	to respond to all of these, lest some judge issue summary judgment.

	Now that M$ "has a relationship" with Novell, SuSE will be
	spared such bombing.  And M$ can claim,  "What, me a monopoly?
	Why, there's Apple/Macintosh, and . .  let's see . . . there is
	of course Novell/SuSE, which, fortunately, we partner with
	nicely, as we do with the Macintosh people".

	I'm sure that Redmond can afford, probably already has, the
	best lawyers in the world.

Best wishes from

Paranoid Alan

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