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On 03/11/06, Mark Jose <kernowyon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It is indeed true. Both Microsofts Press release and Novells blogs confirm > it - > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-02MSNovellPR.mspx > and > http://www.novell.com/company/blogs/cmo/ > > I have no idea how it will impact on RedHat - but it will doubtless be bad > news for them. > Reading the articles, it appears that Novell actually made the move to court > Microsoft - which I found surprising. > I would imagine this would make it easier to provide indemnity to Novell customers - microsoft won't be able to sue them or novell for patent infringement. If Redhat cosy up to IBM, they can probably leverage some defense against software patents too. They won't be able to actively use any patents, and it would be very hard to anyway - has anybody ever seen a useful software patent, ever - I don't think anybody (with a modicum of sense) has ever paid money to license software patent without there being the threat of litigation for infringement. A. -- http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Hosting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html