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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.
Recently [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-02MSNovellPR.mspx Microsoft partnered with Novell], 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

Revision as of 23:04, 12 July 2007

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 Microsoft partnered with Novell, 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