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LXer 07-05-2007 06:46 PM

LXer: Microsoft Says It Is Not Bound by GPLv3
 
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Microsoft cleared the air July 5 on its obligations to GNU General Public License Version 3 support, declaring it will not provide support or updates for GPLv3 under the deal it penned in November with Novell to administer certificates for the Linux distribution. Microsoft also said July 5 that its agreement with Novell, as well as those with Linux rivals Xandros and Linspire, were unaffected by the release June 29 of GPLv3 by the Free Software Foundation.

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AceofSpades19 07-05-2007 07:48 PM

well, if trovalds changes the kernel to gpl v3 then microsoft will have to give support for it

Hangdog42 07-06-2007 07:37 AM

I bet the FSF isn't likely to agree with MS on this one......


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