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Novell Partners With EFF on Patent Busting

Seymour writes "Novell and the EFF have announced that Novell will be contributing to the EFF's Patent Busting Project. Novell will also support the EFF's efforts toward patent reform, including with the WIPO. Could this be Novell trying to get back in the good graces of Linux users? 'Novell's agreement with Microsoft has been a source of contention within open source circles, with one Red Hat executive accusing the company of appeasing Microsoft; others have accused Novell of violating the GPL with the agreement. Either way, signing the deal with Microsoft did a lot to sully Novell in the eyes of many Linux users, and Novell's decision to link up with the EFF on patents may have been made with an eye towards getting some of its street cred back with the OSS community.'"

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  1. FUCK NOVELL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck Novell! You have chosen your side and we will not follow. Don't even imagine we'd jump in your bandwagon ever again!

  2. Re:Not at ALL! by Paradise+Pete · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    * HARRY POTTER LIVES, he is a Horcrux.... etc.

    Just think of all the brain cells you are wasting on storing that information.

  3. Re:Novell destroyed Suse! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Mooooom, if you were in a German scheisee video, y... you'd tell me, right?"

    "... Of course, honey!"

  4. NEVER GET A IT SUPPORT JOB! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    don't you never ever get IT support job it will kill you mentally, physically and in any other way also. indians have filled tickets.

  5. Re:Doesn't really work like that by squiggleslash · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pardon me for flaming your spelling, but you should know there's always a W in "Whore"

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