Here is a new short interview which explains the problem at hand rather well. It does not actually say whether Collabnet supports the deal or not, but it explains the reason for complications.

SDA: What are your comments on the Microsoft-Novell deal? How will that affect the open source world?

Collabnet: My thinking is the deals can happen at high level corporations and the open source movement is totally different. Developers and individual contributors taking control of the development of software and that is very different from the high level negotiations.

It is possible for those who negotiate not to get their suppliers in trouble. As we have learned, Novell changed the rules that apply to OpenSUSE developers. Unlike other Linux companies, Novell chose a controversial route.