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    Microsoft is extremely keen to avoid "legal debate" over whether its recent partnerships with Linux firms such as Novell, Xandros, and Linspire, mean Redmond must assume any of the new licenses' legal obligations.

  • GPLv3 threatens Microsoft-Novell pact?

    In a US Securities and Exchange Commission submission, Novell said it was concerned that Microsoft could stop selling SUSE Linux coupons if the General Public License version 3 remained in its current form.

  • Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts

    Following some frosty responses to Microsoft's controversial patent deal with Novell last year, the software maker has begun a more aggressive attempt to persuade open-source software companies to license its know-how.

  • Microsoft, Novell spar over Linux agreement

    Novell's CEO on Monday in the US issued a letter to the open-source community disputing Microsoft's contention that Linux infringes on Microsoft patents.

  • GPL 3 release could slip past March

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    Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and Novell's Ron Hovsepian make an unlikely pair, and their pact has caught the tech industry by surprise.

  • Novell's Linux makeover

    CEO Jack Messman says Novell used to have trouble getting noticed. A little penguin changed all that. Meanwhile, he maps out how the company is gaining on Red Hat.

  • Linux vendors hit back at Ballmer's e-mail

    Novell and Mandrakesoft have accused Microsoft's chief executive of being selective with the facts in his latest e-mail attacking Linux.

  • Did SCO open Unix source code?

    Several organisations argue that SCO's shipment of a Linux product undermines its current attack on the operating system's intellectual-property underpinnings, but SCO says the argument is baseless.

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