[discuss] Reuters: Novell could be banned from selling Linux: group

[G. Roderick Singleton]

On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 10:16 -0500, Russell McOrmond wrote:
>    I'm wondering if anyone knows the source of the following Reuters 
> article.
> 
> http://today.reuters.com/misc/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2007-02-02T230933Z_01_N02280856_RTRUKOC_0_US-NOVELL-LINUX.xml
> 
>    The claim is that the FSF is looking for ways to exclude Novell from 
> distributing Linux.  I haven't seen anything directly from the FSF on 
> this, only quotes taken out of context and filtered through the media. 
> This could easily be a misinterpretation of months-old conversations 
> relating to the GPLv3 update.  I have a hard time believing that the FSF 
> is interested in doing what this article claims they are, and the Moglen 
> quote seems to be taken entirely out of context.
> 
>    Does anyone have anything more useful?  This was also posted on 
> SlashDot, and I didn't see anything from glancing at the comments that 
> clarified -- just the standard Slashdot-style partisan political rants.
> 
> 

Perhaps http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2089965,00.asp will help.

-- 
G. Roderick Singleton <gerry at pathtech.org>
PATH tech

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