Quick Links: Novell-Microsoft Pact, What does it mean?

I have been banging my head against the wall writing an editorial about the Novell/Microsoft deal. Look for it Monday morning. In the meantime, while this has had no shortage of coverage, I have assembled what I believe to be the best commentary on it. I have read that some people believe the community is overreacting. It isn’t. Here is why:

Bruce Peren’s Take. Bruce does a nice job of boiling the subject down. He makes a lot of sense.

Groklaw’s coverage of Bradley Kuhn’s letter. Bradley Kuhn is the CTO of the Software Freedom Law Center. He clearly sees the covenant for what it is–a sham.

RedHat’s response. I think Redhat came out strongly and they make good points here. More here.

Vnunet’s article about the announcement is interesting in how many times patents are mentioned. Uh-huh.

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