Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754459AbWKHI4u (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 03:56:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754461AbWKHI4u (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 03:56:50 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:59330 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754459AbWKHI4t (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 03:56:49 -0500 Subject: Re: Faustian Pact between Novell and Microsoft From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Avuton Olrich Cc: davids@webmaster.com, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" In-Reply-To: <3aa654a40611072111k4b22b42xcfebff9faeb68a88@mail.gmail.com> References: <4550E910.6010107@wolfmountaingroup.com> <3aa654a40611072111k4b22b42xcfebff9faeb68a88@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:56:42 +0100 Message-Id: <1162976202.11973.25.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-4.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.402 () AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1271 Lines: 32 On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 21:11 -0800, Avuton Olrich wrote: > On 11/7/06, David Schwartz wrote: > > How can they do that if licensing the work requires licensing patents that > > Novell has no right to license? > > rtfa: http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq_opensource.html > > May not be correct, but it's an answer nonetheless :) If I understand the first answer correctly, there actually is: ---- snip ---- This agreement is primarily intended for Novell's customers. It doesn't imply or guarantee that you are *not* sued. An exception may be if you are a customer of Novell, than M$ will not sue you *directly*. So for all Non-Novell customers: You may be sued directly from M$ (and from all others). So for all: You may be sued indirectly by M$ (and directly from all others). ---- snip ---- SCNR, Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/