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Microsoft clarifies Linux "patent collaboration agreement"

linux-watch.com — In an unusually fast turn-around, Microsoft replied within hours to Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian's "Open Letter to the Community from Novell." In a statement, Microsoft acknowledges that Novell never agreed, as some critics of the deal have claimed, to Microsoft's vague contentions of patent violations in Linux.

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  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3the plot thickens..
  • malkir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If Microsoft really thought Novell and Linux were illegally infringing upon their IP they would never have made this deal in the first place. They would have sued the hell out of every major Linux vendor.
  • cday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't think Microsoft really "clarified" anything (except their own lack of trustworthiness). They just tossed another ingredient into a pot of stew that was already patently murky.





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