Comments on: The FSF Giveth, and Linus Taketh Away http://techrights.org/2007/04/01/the-fsf-giveth-and-linus-taketh-away/ 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/2007/04/01/the-fsf-giveth-and-linus-taketh-away/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:30:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/04/01/the-fsf-giveth-and-linus-taketh-away/#comment-505 Anonymous, have you got some form of source–however obscure–to back this? I agree if would be interesting, if true.

]]> By: Anonymous http://techrights.org/2007/04/01/the-fsf-giveth-and-linus-taketh-away/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:35:01 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/04/01/the-fsf-giveth-and-linus-taketh-away/#comment-504 On a related note, in an interesting turn of events, a stakeholder meeting was recently held to discuss the potential implications of the rumored acquisition of VA Software Corporation by Novell.

How would this impact such legendary sites such as SlashDot, Freshmeat, and Sourceforge?

Is Novell interested in controlling the message or shepherding it?

The move makes perfect sense; however, the gamble could backfire and further exacerbate an already tense situation.

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