What the GPLv3 Means for MS-Novell Agreement 161
eldavojohn writes to mention IT Business Edge has a dry but interesting interview with a lawyer (Antoinette Tease) on the effects the GPLv3 on the Microsoft & Novell alliance. From her answers: "Unlike prior versions of the GNU General Public License (GPL), which did not address patent rights, the current draft of the GPL version 3 has several provisions that address patent rights. Section 2 states that the license to use the open source code 'terminates if you bring suit against anyone for patent infringement of any of your essential patent claims' based on any version of the open source program." She goes on to say "the GPLv3 as currently drafted would impose an obligation on Novell to somehow 'shield' its customers from patent lawsuits brought by Microsoft, or, alternatively, to make the source code publicly available..."
Re:What it means (Score:2, Funny)
Re:micro$oft (Score:5, Funny)
What is microsoft doing? Are they trying to get into the Linux market or are they just playing patent games?
Can't they do both?
I can't be the only one... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I can't be the only one... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:v2 is not an option for Novell (Score:1, Funny)
M.A.D. or M.A.L.? (Score:2, Funny)