Novell and Open Source Communities
Recently there have been a lot of one sided bashing of Novell’s open source credentials on Planet India. I have no particular liking/knowledge of the politics/business big corporations engage in, here is my take on the matter.
* Novell got M$ selling Linux (cancer?) to it’s own customers!! this has to be one of the biggest win of Linux. Whatever IP peace of FUD they might be talking about, the crux of the matter is M$’s customers wants Linux and they are willfully obliging.
* All Novell owned patents are pledged to OIN : Open Invention Network is an intellectual property company that was formed to promote Linux by using patents to create a collaborative environment. Novell is one of the founding members.
* Novell is supporter of some of the largest open source projects, it open sourced many of its own technology too, here is a list of projects that benefit from Novell’s contributions.
* Battled SCO
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