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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.02.07/Fri/msgpl.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.02.07/Fri/msgpl.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8afb359 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.02.07/Fri/msgpl.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Microsoft has announced in no uncertain terms that it will not support version 3 of the GPL. In a [statement published yesterday][1], the company says "Microsoft is not a party to the GPLv3 license and none of its actions are to be misinterpreted as accepting status as a contracting party of GPLv3 or assuming any legal obligations under such license." + +Microsoft's statement comes in response to claims that the company's deals with Novell and others which involve "interoperability collaboration," would mean, should the Linux kernel move to the GPL v3, that Microsoft would support the new license as part of those agreements. + +However Microsoft insists that such claims do not have "a valid legal basis under contract, intellectual property, or any other law." + +Even more interesting is that Microsoft contends that they don't need a license under the GPl in order to collaborate with its Linux partners even if they should choose to distribute code under the GPL v3 in the future. + +Novell says it will continue to support customers with a regular SUSE Linux Enterprise Server subscription, regardless of the terms of the certificates provided by Microsoft. + +[via [eWeek][2]] + +[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/misc/07-05statement.mspx "Microsoft Statement About GPLv3" +[2]: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2155119,00.asp
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