This morning on Slashdot I read an article discussing the possibility of Novell being banned from distributing linux.
And one of the very first reactions is someone pointing out this link.... http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6837365670.html Which says... ------------------------------ According to a recent Reuters report, the Free Software Foundation's (FSF) board was going to be looking into Novell Inc.'s rights to continue selling its version of the Linux operating system. That, however, is not actually what will be happening. Eben Moglen, the Software Freedom Law Center's executive director and an FSF board member, explained: "This is a story being hyped by the Reuters guy who wrote it." The Reuters quote was: "The community of people wants to do anything they can to interfere with this deal and all deals like it. They have every reason to be deeply concerned that this is the beginning of a significant patent aggression by Microsoft." "What he actually asked me," said Moglen in an email interview, "was 'Is it true that some members of the community want GPLv3 to keep Novell from distributing future versions of GPL'd software?' I said, 'Yes, the Free Software Foundation is opposed to the deal, and is thinking about what to do; there will be a new draft soon [of the GPLv3]" (GNU General Public License Version 3). -------------------- So.. no new news here... same old rehash of an old topic. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org