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Novell is behind at this pointNovell is behind at this pointPosted Jan 11, 2005 21:47 UTC (Tue) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: Novell is behind at this point by LinuxLobbyist Parent article: IBM frees 500 patents While Novell's portfolio is significant and Red Hat's isn't (yet), Red Hat has at least one patent: #6,754,891 ("debugger system using tracepoints for computer software"). Evidently Red Hat has a number of patents in the pipeline. Novell has promised to defend the free software that they developed or distribute, but they have not made any promise that free software developers will not be sued if they infringe on a Novell patent, other than the implied promise made by the fact that they distribute GPL'ed software. Ideally, Novell will take its cue from IBM and publish a list, naming specific patent numbers and specific conditions under which those patents can be used.
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