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Jeremy Allison Resigns From Novell In Protest
walterbyrd writes to alert us to word from groklaw.net that Jeremy Allison has turned in his resignation at Novell. "The legendary Jeremy Allison (of Samba fame) has resigned from Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell patent agreement, which he calls 'a mistake' that will be 'damaging to Novell's success in the future.' His main issue with the deal, though, is 'that even if it does not violate the letter of the license, it violates the intent of the GPL license the Samba code is released under, which is to treat all recipients of the code equally.' He leaves the company at the end of this month. He explained why in a message sent to several Novell email lists, and the message included his letter to management."
Uhg, people like you make me sad. Novell is not in violation of the GPL, sorry try again.
The assertion is that Novell is in violation of the GPL. You can't assert or rather, can't prove that something isn't. JAINAL or more importantly JAINAJ (Jeremy Allison is not a Judge). If Novell is in violation of the GPL perhaps someone should setup something for resolving disputes of copyright and bring their case there.
Let's see here...
* Novell gets a BIG chunk of money for this deal
* Microsoft says it will not file any lawsuits against developers over any patent issues
* Companies can use SUSE Linux and Windows and know that total interoperability is the goal of both Microsoft and Novell
* HP, Goldman Sachs, IBM and others have called this a very positive thing for IT, Linux and Open Source
* The only people who are complaining are those who are true *idealists* when it comes to Linux and Open Source
I don't know why this guy is leaving. This is a good thing all the way around for the Linux community. I have large customers (people who spend money on software AND use Open Source) who run Windows and Linux side by side. Their NUMBER ONE complaint has been lack of interoperability. They say that they will definitely continue to run Linux in their environment and will probably switch to SUSE Linux because of this agreement.
This agreement gives them the support they need to run their businesses...period. It does nothing more than that. I'm sorry to see him leave Novell, but this project will go on without him, and Linux, Open Source, and the IT community will be better off for this agreement. Hopefully he'll find a god place that can use his talents.
I'm not a troll, but I play one on Slashdot.
Thurgood Marshall just called, he'd wants to talk to you about the 14th Ammendment and the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Warning: IANAL.
You're wrong.
Fucking priceless. Your opinion here isn't worth shit. If you're not a lawyer, quit trying to state what a law does and doesn't mean - because you have no fucking idea.