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● 05.28.07

●● Eben Moglen Confirms That GPLv3 Will Address Microvell Debacle, Acknowledgement Comes from Novell

Posted in FSF, GPL, Microsoft, Novell at 7:08 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Some of our readers are here to defend Novell. Comments get posted which either apologise or insist that GPLv3 won’t be effective against Novell. Eben Moglen, on the other hand, certainly begs to differ, as the following new article suggests:

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Apart from the people at the two companies, one man had already seen the agreement after signing a non-disclosure agreement – Eben Moglen, the chief legal eagle of the Free Software Foundation. And Moglen was the one who came to the conclusion that the existing GPL – version 2 – could probably not stop the deal. He also concluded that language in the GPLv3 could be used to block the deal.

According to another article, it is indeed undeniable. Even Novell admits that GPLv3 will give it a hard time.

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Another worry is that Novell may be restricted in its ability to include GPLv3 code in its products.

Novell admits (in the statement) if any of the cases arise its business and operating results will be adversely affected.

Hopefully this will clarify a thing or two.

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