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After the evil agreement with Microsoft Corporation (MS), Novell betrayed the Free Software community by violating the spirit of the GNU General Public license, which is the corner stone of the Free Software movement and ligitimising the patent threats of Microsoft corporation. The protest against Novell have been in it's peak since the inception of the Boycott Novell campaign which has been successful in making awareness about the evil hands of Novell and it's ally MS. Novell was allotted a prominent position in the exhibition stall and they were allowed to place their posters at the prominent venues.

Even though, SMC was also included in the organising committee, there were no indication that Novell was the platinum sponsor of this Free Software Event. The organisers never communicated about the sponsorship and thus betrayed the whole Free Software community as Novell did. This evident from the incidents that occurred after the peaceful protest against Novell by the SMC members present at the meeting.

Even though, SMC was also included in the organising committee, there were no indication that Novell was the platinum sponsor of this Free Software Event. The organisers never communicated about the sponsorship and thus betrayed the whole Free Software community as Novell did. This is evident from the incidents that occurred after the peaceful protest against Novell by the SMC members present at the meeting.

SMC members including Anivar Aravind, Shyam, Hiran and many others attended the first day conference without knowing the Novell's participation. They planned a peaceful protest on the second day of the conference. However, the organisers, primarily the CUSAT bureaucrats were harsh with the protesters after a verbal complaint from one of the Novell official present at the stall.

SMC takes this opportunity to deeply condemn the organisers decision to include Novell into the Free Software event. SMC urges the organisers of the event to aplogize to the community on this dreadful alliance with the notorious Novell Corporation and the way the organisers treated its members.

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 After the evil agreement with Microsoft Corporation (MS), Novell betrayed the Free Software community by violating the spirit of the GNU General Public license, which is the corner stone of the Free Software movement and ligitimising the patent threats of Microsoft corporation. The protest against Novell have been in it's peak since the inception of the Boycott Novell campaign which has been successful in making awareness about the evil hands of Novell and it's ally MS. Novell was allotted a prominent position in the exhibition stall and they were allowed to place their posters at the prominent venues.
-Even though, SMC was also included in the organising committee, there were no indication that Novell was the platinum sponsor of this Free Software Event. The organisers never communicated about the sponsorship and thus betrayed the whole Free Software community as Novell did. This evident from the incidents that occurred after the peaceful protest against Novell by the SMC members present at the meeting.
+Even though, SMC was also included in the organising committee, there were no indication that Novell was the platinum sponsor of this Free Software Event. The organisers never communicated about the sponsorship and thus betrayed the whole Free Software community as Novell did. This is evident from the incidents that occurred after the peaceful protest against Novell by the SMC members present at the meeting.
 SMC members including Anivar Aravind, Shyam, Hiran and many others attended the first day conference without knowing the Novell's participation. They planned a peaceful protest on the second day of the conference. However, the organisers, primarily the CUSAT bureaucrats were harsh with the protesters after a verbal complaint from one of the Novell official present at the stall.
 SMC takes this opportunity to deeply condemn the organisers decision to include Novell into the Free Software event. SMC urges the organisers of the event to aplogize to the community on this dreadful alliance with the notorious Novell Corporation and the way the organisers treated its members.