Microsoft has extended its covenant to not sue users of Linux-based products from Novell to all GPL v3 users as soon as GPL v3 code is integrated into SUSE Linux Enterprise. This means that the patent protection Microsoft extends to Novell customers now covers every customer who uses any Linux-based software that Novell distributes under GPL v3.
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lozz
16 years 28 weeks 1 day 31 min ago
Wow! That is sooo completely generous
Wow! That is sooo completely generous of Microsoft that I have to wipe the tears from my eyes.
Isn't Microsoft just the most wonderful, caring, sensitive, predatory monopoly in the whole wide world, everybody?
I'm so lost for words that all I can say is, "Wow".
dehumanizer
16 years 28 weeks 21 hours 38 min ago
This step from MS does not seem
This step from MS does not seem to make sense. How will they know if the copy of eg. Samba I am using is (not) from Novell?