Peter Yared, CEO of ActiveGrid, analyzes the patent aspects of the Microsoft-Novell deal. His bottom line:

Contrary to the numerous rants in the open-source community, the recent deal between Microsoft and Novell--in which the companies have agreed to interoperability, reselling and patent protection--is actually an excellent business deal and a good thing for the open-source community.

posted by James DeLong @ 9:03 AM | Free Culture Movement, Patents, Software

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