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[News] [Linux] Novell's Role in Linux FUD and GPLv3 as the Solution

Microsoft: Invisible patents as a uniform

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| Some Linux users may be protected because, as part of its FUD
| campaign, Microsoft entered into a patent swap with Novell.
| According to Microsoft, Novell agrees that Microsoft has valid
| patent claims against Linux but the deal will keep Microsoft 
| from suing any Novell Linux customers. Novell does not agree
| with Microsoft's characterization, claiming that it does not
| agree that Microsoft has patents that Linux infringes. It may
| not matter whose characterization is more accurate because a
| feature of the Microsoft/Novell deal may render all of
| Microsoft's threats moot.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;387164506;fp;4194304;fpid;1

Proprietary vs Open Source: The Fight Continues 

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| Speaking to CXOtoday.com, a Microsoft spokesperson states that the
| latest draft of the General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) attempts 
| to tear down the bridge that Microsoft has built between proprietary
| and open source software.
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http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/Proprietary_vs_Open_Source_The_Fight_Continues/551-81289-911.html

Which bridge? Bridge for the Trojan horse?

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