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Novell vows patent defense of open source
October 12, 2004
Software maker says it will defend customers' open-source packages as vigorously as it would defend its own products.
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Novell brands its own open-source religion
May 9, 2006
To perk up revenue from open-source software, Novell readies an open-source identity-management package and desktop Linux suite.
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Ballmer repeats threats against Linux
February 20, 2007
In no-nonsense presentation to New York analysts, Microsoft's CEO warns Linux sellers that open-source "is not free."
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Novell's shift to open source makes slow progress
April 11, 2006
Two years after Novell first mooted a company migration to Linux, 60 percent of its staff can still boot Windows at work.
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Novell joins EFF for patent reform
May 23, 2007
Stung by criticism of its patent pact with Microsoft, Novell agrees to support Electronic Frontier Foundation's patent-busting work.
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Real to plug Windows media support into Linux
August 15, 2006
Will release open-source software that lets Windows video and audio format files play on a Linux computer.
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Microsoft tries evading new GPL grasp
July 6, 2007
Redmond says it's not a party to the new license. And those Suse Linux coupons won't get you any support guarantees.
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Microsoft, Novell paint target on Red Hat
November 3, 2006
New technical and legal partnership is meant to take Red Hat down a notch--and could help Novell too.
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Red Hat couches Microsoft-Novell pact as a Linux win
November 3, 2006
As the software maker endures a tough week, open-source experts question whether the deal would violate the GPL.
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Novell to detail Microsoft patent pact
May 23, 2007
Delayed annual report will offer details of Novell's patent, interoperability and sales partnership with Redmond.
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Week in review: Microsoft's patent offensive
May 18, 2007
Company identifies infringed-on patents, invites infringers to strike licensing deals. Not many takers, so far.
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Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents
May 14, 2007
Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents.
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GPL getting tougher on patent deals
March 28, 2007
Version 3 to block next Microsoft-Novell handshake? Latest draft aims to "prevent such deals from making a mockery of free software."
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Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts
May 14, 2007
Company's more threatening stance spotlights its effort to pressure open-source firms to license its patents.
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Open-source firms team up for interoperability
February 14, 2007
Open Solutions Alliance hopes to make open-source software programs work better together.
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Opening up an open-source roadblock
February 21, 2007
If the FSF succeeds in blocking a landmark deal, the biggest losers will be software consumers, policy analyst James DeLong says.
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Red Hat adds new Linux legal protection
November 4, 2006
Faced with new competitive challenges, Linux seller Red Hat has begun promising protection against intellectual-property lawsuits.
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How GPL fits in with the future of antitrust regulation
November 22, 2006
perspective Attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains the ramifications of a recent case on the future of open-source software.
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New XenEnterprise boosts virtual Windows
April 2, 2007
Virtualization software now can run multiprocessor Windows servers, but bigger changes are coming in June.
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Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source
April 10, 2006
Red Hat's $350 million purchase of JBoss speeds up the collision between the once closed-off open-source world and entrenched software heavyweights.
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