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==An Examination of a Recent Related Event: The Microsoft/Novell partnership== | ==An Examination of a Recent Related Event: The Microsoft/Novell partnership== | ||
Recently <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-02MSNovellPR.mspx">Microsoft partnered with Novell</a>, the makers of Suse Linux in an effort to optimize virtualization for each other's operating systems, among other promised features. | |||
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/bsdl-gpl/gpl-advantages.html | http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/bsdl-gpl/gpl-advantages.html | ||
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GNU General Public License
Overview
Discussion Questions
- What is the impact of GPL use?
- What are the ethical considerations for licenses like GPL that require their adoption if work licensed under it is incorporated into a parent work, with additional stipulations that include the acceptance of the most current version of the GPL license?
- What ethical considerations are highlighted by the patent sharing/protection agreement between Microsoft and Novell?
An Examination of a Recent Related Event: The Microsoft/Novell partnership
Recently <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-02MSNovellPR.mspx">Microsoft partnered with Novell</a>, the makers of Suse Linux in an effort to optimize virtualization for each other's operating systems, among other promised features.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/bsdl-gpl/gpl-advantages.html