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Novell is behind at this pointNovell is behind at this pointPosted Jan 11, 2005 21:34 UTC (Tue) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: Novell is behind at this point by Ross Parent article: IBM frees 500 patents As I read Novell's patent policy, they've only pledged to defend open source software that they have developed (e.g. Ximian Evolution), or that they market, sell, or support. Just the same, the actions of Novell, IBM, and Red Hat are helpful, and are likely to dissuade large software companies from attacking Linux or GNU (because they are vulnerable to a counterattack). The biggest vulnerability may come from a lawyers-only company that somehow owns an important patent (fortunately, SCO doesn't have any significant patents).
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