On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 05:43 +0100, David Nielsen wrote: > tor, 08 02 2007 kl. 21:44 -0600, skrev Josh Boyer: > > > How is OpenSuSE ensuring that the changes they integrate into their projects > > are not encumbered by patents given their parent's deal with Microsoft? > > That one is quite easy, the patent deal only covers the respective > companies customers/users, Microsoft could still sue Novell for > infringing on patents and vice virsa. So they pretty much have to show > the same care as the rest of us or face being at the wrong end of the MS > patent cannon. Yes. The potential outcome wasn't my question. What they are doing to actively avoid that is what I asked. E.g. what processes do they follow, etc. josh _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board-readonly mailing list fedora-advisory-board-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board-readonly
