Samba Team Urges Novell To Reconsider

hde226868 writes "The team responsible for Samba has just asked Novell to reconsider its recent patent agreement with Microsoft, arguing that the agreement is a divisive agreement, effectively splitting the open source movement into groups with and without commercial status. Samba argues that with this move Novell is disregarding the will of the people who write the software sold by Novell and that Novell has 'no right to make self servicing deals on behalf of others which run contrary to the goals and ideals of the Free Software community'."

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Re:Pure FUD

[cHiphead]

You seem to be repeatedly spreading the typical MS spin in your several comments in this thread so far. MS *DOES* have a history of doing this, you will not rewrite history on us, especially recent history. Stop reading MS marketing material and open your eyes, ears and mind. And try reading groklaw once a year, you might learn something.

Cheers.

Re:Pure FUD

[NineNine]

Sorry, but I just don't think that anti-monopoly laws are ethically or morally sound. I tend to agree with Libertarians on this one. I see it as the government using force to interfere with private property.