Timeline for What exactly is the issue in Microsoft-Novell agreement?
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| Oct 5, 2015 at 11:52 | vote | accept | Dmitry Grigoryev | ||
| Oct 5, 2015 at 11:45 | comment | added | Glenn Randers-Pehrson | I think it means that their agreement is compatible as a special case. No one can make such an agreement now, or anytime after the date specified in the exception (28 March 2007). I don't know about that "what if" loophole. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 7:20 | comment | added | Dmitry Grigoryev | So basically it means that Microsoft and Novell's agreement is not compatible with GPLv3 while they are paying each other, right? But what if they were to make an agreement which doesn't involve royalties but still is discriminatory (i.e. they agree not to sue each other, but may sue other parties)? It seems that such an agreement be acceptable in terms of GPLv3, but still harmful for the free software. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 4:18 | history | answered | Glenn Randers-Pehrson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |