Novell May be Banned from Distributing Linux

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Posted by Zonk on Saturday February 03, 2007 @07:19AM from the when-penguins-get-to-meddling dept.

Hymer writes "Reuters is reporting that Novell may be banned from selling Linux. In the wake of the (much maligned) Novell/Microsoft deal, the Free Software Foundation is reviewing Novell's right to sell the operating system at all. The foundation controls the rights to key parts of the operating system, and council for the organization said that 'the community wants to interfere any way it can' with the Novell business arrangement. No decision has yet been reached, but one should be made in the next two weeks." Is this a measured response, or an over-reaction to the Novell/Microsoft arrangement?

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Re:WARNING PLEASE DONT READ (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday February 03, 2007 @08:13AM (#17872068)

umm.. does copy-paste count?

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Re:Um, That's a Good Idea... (Score:5, Funny)

by dangitman ( 862676 ) writes: on Saturday February 03, 2007 @09:45AM (#17872702)

Suppose I am and ISV that produces SuperWonderfulMagicPony for Linux.

OK. So, what do you do about all the 12 year-old girls stalking you?

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