Novell has posted a new FAQ for the free software community. (I provided some help on identifying questions and drafting answers on this.)
There is also an accompanying press announcement: Novell Outlines Details of Agreement with Microsoft.
More on the way shortly…
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Great FAQ. Thanks for helping get this out, Ted. Hopefully the MS-haters masquerading as FOSS-advocates will have a bit less ammunition now.
Can’t we all just get along?
Supplemental reading:
* Opensuse mailing lists
The community does not seem to fully agree or believe. I hope that more press releases will follow. Too many questions, e.g.:
Details of Novell-MS Pact – The SEC filing – Updated
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| Just realized the full significance. Novell here is stepping outside
| the line of fire and agreeing with Microsoft that *end users* are
| the ones that you must go after in any patent infringement dispute.
| Shades of SCOsource. Thanks for nothing, Novell. More questions:
| When were Novell SUSE customers asked if they wished Novell to
| negotiate a agreement with Microsoft on their behalf? When were
| Novell SUSE customers asked about the terms of said agreement?W
| hat consideration does Microsoft get from Novell’s customers?
| Does negotiating this agreement on Novell’s customers’ behalf
| indicate that Novell assumed Power of Attorney for their customers
| in this matter? Did Novell truly represent the best interest of
| their customers using Power of Attorney? Can Novell legally assume
| Power of Attorney for their customers without a written grant? Do
| Novell customers have the ability to “opt-out” of this agreement?
| Is this agreement binding on customers?
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061107194320461
Details still fuzzy on Microsoft-Novell pact
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| What, exactly, is covered by Microsoft?s $108 million and Novell’s
| $40 million patent payments to each other? What did each company
| know/see/fear that spurred these payoffs? Inquiring minds want
| to know more.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=91
lemme try that again… i’m confused by this.. Novell Outlines Details of Agreement with Microsoft… how does one outline details? you eith have an ouline, or you have details.