Novell Could Be Banned From Selling Linux: Group Claims
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citação: The Free Software Foundation is reviewing Novell's right to sell new versions of Linux operating system software after the open-source community criticized Novell for teaming up with Microsoft.
citação:BOSTON - The Free Software Foundation is reviewing Novell Inc.'s right to sell new versions of Linux operating system software after the open-source community criticized Novell for teaming up with Microsoft Corp.
"The community of people wants to do anything they can to interfere with this deal and all deals like it. They have every reason to be deeply concerned that this is the beginning of a significant patent aggression by Microsoft," Eben Moglen, the Foundation's general counsel, said Friday.
The foundation controls intellectual property rights to key parts of the open-source Linux operating system.
[u]Novell angered members of the open-source community that develops Linux and other free software programs in November when it entered a wide-ranging business deal with Microsoft.</u>
Critics called on the board to punish Novell by banning it from distributing new versions of Linux software, said Moglen.
"The community of people wants to do anything they can to interfere with this deal and all deals like it. They have every reason to be deeply concerned that this is the beginning of a significant patent aggression by Microsoft," Eben Moglen, the Foundation's general counsel, said Friday.
The foundation controls intellectual property rights to key parts of the open-source Linux operating system.
[u]Novell angered members of the open-source community that develops Linux and other free software programs in November when it entered a wide-ranging business deal with Microsoft.</u>
Critics called on the board to punish Novell by banning it from distributing new versions of Linux software, said Moglen.
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