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Re: [opensuse-project]Microsoft’s Patent Pledge for Individual Contributors to openSUSE.org
- From: "Peter Flodin" <peter@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:06:55 +1100
- Message-id: <8be044e30611181606g7159c96ds2fd6b0f580bf773b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 11/19/06, Saill White <saill.white@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
openSUSE.org is a _project_ run by Novell. There is no separate legal
identity called openSUSE.org (at least not publicly known). There is
no openSUSE foundation that owns anything. All project copyrights,
trademarks and other IP are held by Novell directly, including the
domain name. Even the community wiki contributions are copyright by
Novell (albeit licensed back using GFDL).
So I would say, yes Novell can enter in to agreements in regard to openSUSE.org
Pflodo
Peter Flodin
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How can this be legally binding? Did openSUSE.org sign some kind of agreement with Microsoft? Is Novell allowed to enter into legal agreements on openSUSE.org's behalf?
openSUSE.org is a _project_ run by Novell. There is no separate legal
identity called openSUSE.org (at least not publicly known). There is
no openSUSE foundation that owns anything. All project copyrights,
trademarks and other IP are held by Novell directly, including the
domain name. Even the community wiki contributions are copyright by
Novell (albeit licensed back using GFDL).
So I would say, yes Novell can enter in to agreements in regard to openSUSE.org
Pflodo
Peter Flodin
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