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Novell's press release on partnership with MicrosoftNovell's press release on partnership with MicrosoftPosted Nov 3, 2006 14:48 UTC (Fri) by DouglasJM (subscriber, #6435)Parent article: Novell's press release on partnership with Microsoft
I would wonder if this is a case of trying to legitimize bogus patents. If I understand correctly, part of the test of a legitimate patent is whether you can get people to pay a royalty on it. Is this a case of M$ making a deal with Novell to be able to show how "valuable" their otherwise trivial patents are? This could be laying the ground work for future cases against GPL software saying, "See, our patents are legitimate, Novell has been paying for them."
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