theres an interesting little spat going on between greg dekoenigsberg red hats community development manager and ubuntu benefactor mark shuttleworth. initially gdk suggests that shuttleworth is fudding and then the discussion ascends into the definition of proprietary. read more at httpgregde k.livejour nal.com or httpwww.ma rkshuttlew orth.comar chives77. im working my way through the commen...
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mark webbink red hats deputy general counsel and secretary looks at the microsoftnovell agreement through a historic lens...as a history buff reading the novell and microsoft open letters this morning conjured up the image of british prime minister neville chamberlain standing in front of 10 downing street in 1938 and declaring my good friends this is the second time in our history that there has ...
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mark webbink has responded point by point to the novell open letter to the community. here is an excerpt where he responds to novells assertions that they have not changed their stance on patents and open source we have stated our commitment to use our own software patents to protect open source technologies. but what they have really said is novell will use its patent portfolio to protect...
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