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Old 07-05-2007, 06:46 PM   #1
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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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Old 07-05-2007, 07:48 PM   #2
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well, if trovalds changes the kernel to gpl v3 then microsoft will have to give support for it
 
Old 07-06-2007, 07:37 AM   #3
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I bet the FSF isn't likely to agree with MS on this one......
 
  


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