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Novell-Microsoft pact not about interoperability, says Open Source leader

By:  Don Marti On: 08 Feb 2007 For: LinuxWorld (US) 

Last year he resigned in Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell patent agreement, which he dubbed "a mistake." In this exclusive interview Jeremy Allison explains why he believes the deal is nothing but a patent cross-licensing agreement that violates the spirit and letter of the GNU GPL.

Novell-Microsoft pact not about interoperability, says Open Source leader
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LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit speaker Jeremy Allison explains some tricky details of Linux/Windows interoperability, what the Novell/Microsoft deal really does for interoperability, and a vision for a future easy-to-administer network filesystem.



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Don Marti Don Marti is a contributor to the International Data Group (IDG) News Service, which publishes global technology stories from bureaus around the world to more than 300 publications in more than 60 countries.

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by Rob D. 12/19/2007 12:00:00 AMOpinion, heresay, 'off-the-record'. Not really what I was expecting from IT World Canada. I am intrigued by the deal but would love to hear the real story, not the thoughts of a disgruntled former Novell employee.
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