It seems that Eben Moglen is done with his review of the MS-Novell deal, and apparently he has some concerns:

They have showed us what we need to see, they have answered our questions, we had complete and unfettered access to senior executives at Novell.... We are now working by peaceable negotiations to protect our client's legal interest, and we see no likelihood that we're going to adopt steps that involve the use of legal compulsion. If we are unable to work the situation out peacefully, that may change.

WooHoo! Here comes the cavalry. Also from the article, Novell is working on a full response, but have preliminarily denied the Samba team's request to repudiate the MS-Novell pact.

Also, PJ at Groklaw has even more on the subject, and she's my hero too.