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Novell-Microsoft partnership faces GPL hurdle

Novell-Microsoft partnership faces GPL hurdle.

The patent cross licensing dealthat Microsoft and Novell unveiled last Thursday will be incompatible with theGPL3 license and is likely incompatible with the current GPL2 license, allegedEben Moglen, a law professor and open source activist.

Section seven of the current general public license (GPL2) prohibits peopleor corporations from distributing the GPL code if they have entered into anyagreements that contradict the conditions of the license.

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