Comments on: Could Novell’s Disclosure Have Led to More Backlash and Harm Than Calm? (Updated) http://techrights.org/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Thu, 05 Jan 2017 01:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/comment-page-2/#comment-798 Mon, 28 May 2007 00:02:15 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/#comment-798 > Very strange that we are still shipping Wine
> worth openSUSE 10.2 you know.

They also seem to be taking their Linux desktop in uncomfortable directions, IMHO. See: http://boycottnovell.com/2007/04/23/mono-strategy/

]]> By: Shane Coyle http://techrights.org/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Sun, 27 May 2007 23:43:14 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/#comment-796 I assume you know that Novell has agreed to pay MS per-unit royalties to ship something(s) in SLES/SLED? I am not assuming that. So, the fact that Novell ships OOO in SLED is not a valid defense, perhaps they are paying for a patent license (however denominated) for OOO, or Samba, or _____.

]]> By: Marcus Meissner http://techrights.org/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Sun, 27 May 2007 22:52:22 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/#comment-795 Very strange that we are still shipping Wine woth openSUSE 10.2 you know.

Ciao, Marcus (Package Maintainer of Wine).

Oh… and I would _really_ suggest you look at OpenOffice_org mentioned in
the same list … which we ship for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.

You assume to understand this patent agreement, …. Well, I am not a lawyer and I do not and I would not even try without getting some legal help.

You should stop your negative reporting and “assuming” etc etc etc

Ciao, Marcus

]]> By: shane http://techrights.org/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Sun, 27 May 2007 19:19:09 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/#comment-794 It is true,the patent pledge is worthless to open source developers and even to Novell customers, but is priceless to Microsoft.

]]> By: akf http://techrights.org/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Sun, 27 May 2007 18:53:40 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/#comment-792 Letter to the FOSS comunity regarding Microsoft’s patent promise:
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/perspectives/2006/ms-patent-promise/
It is an old article, but it is interesting to read it again…

BTW. the SFLC had already access to the documents in 2006.

]]> By: Shane Coyle http://techrights.org/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Sun, 27 May 2007 14:23:04 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/27/bad-bad-deal/#comment-787 MS is afraid of Wine because it allows folks to run their Office toolset without paying for Windows, which are their only 2 profitable products. Part of this deal is about virtualization, and this legal posturing is one of MS’ way of keeping Windows relevant and actually installed out there.

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