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** [http://xmission.com/~introplay/brainshare/ Press Conference by Bruce Perens about the Novell Microsoft deal] | ** [http://xmission.com/~introplay/brainshare/ Press Conference by Bruce Perens about the Novell Microsoft deal] | ||
** [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm Microsoft takes on the free world] - an article on CNN | ** [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm Microsoft takes on the free world] - an article on CNN | ||
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|...the fact that Microsoft was selling coupons that customers could trade in for Novell Linux subscriptions meant that Microsoft was now a Linux distributor. And that, as Moglen saw it, meant that Microsoft was itself subject to the terms of the GPL. So he'd write a clause saying, in effect, that if Microsoft continued to issue Novell Linux coupons after the revised GPL took effect, it would be waiving its right to bring patent suits not just against Novell customers, but against all Linux users. | |||
[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm Eben Moglen] | |||
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==Pre-requisites== | ==Pre-requisites== | ||