Comments on: Are Opensuse Programmers Guilty by Association? http://techrights.org/2007/01/08/are-opensuse-programmers-guilty-by-association/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2007/01/08/are-opensuse-programmers-guilty-by-association/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:18:00 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/01/08/are-opensuse-programmers-guilty-by-association/#comment-230 One issue that preys on my mind is the expiration of this agreement (or at least the so-called ‘patent coverage’):

http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20061203100147722

It is only one of the gaps, which may never be filled.

]]> By: John Schudy http://techrights.org/2007/01/08/are-opensuse-programmers-guilty-by-association/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:09:40 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/01/08/are-opensuse-programmers-guilty-by-association/#comment-229 > Novell betrayed its community in favour of its customers and its managers, essentially pulling the carpet from under our feet.

It’s still not clear that Novell’s customers will benefit from litigation protection regarding M$’s alleged patents, which is the part of the agreement which alienated the community.

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