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Novell only makes publicly available to anyone, in free access (here and here), only the source code for the packages "as of release", e.g. as on the physical media for SLED 10 SP2, for instance! There is no way to get the sources for the updated packages, unless you're a customer!... Is this GPL-compliant? IANAL, but based on the GPL Compliance Guide, it looks like it's not.
Give Novell credit. Rather than slamming The VAR Guy for a particularly harsh blog post about the software company, Novell reached out to him and engaged in a healthy dialog. During a lengthy telephone chat, Novell Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer John Dragoon (pictured) discussed the company’s business performance and strategy. Here’s a recap of the conversation, and some updated reactions from The VAR Guy.
Well, here we go again. Novell now accuses SCO of trying to smuggle in some evidence and expert reports after the deadline in the Novell case too. That gives you the tone in this extraordinary filing, Novell's Evidentiary Objections to SCO's Exhibits Submitted in Support of its Summary Judgment Oppositions Filed May 18, 2007 [PDF].
We have at last Novell's appeal brief [PDF] in the private antitrust case Novell brought against Microsoft regarding WordPerfect. The brief was filed with the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. It begins: "This case has been here before." Indeed. Here's the decision from the US District Court in Maryland that Novell is appealing, as text. But there's more.
Novell's CMO John Dragoon published this article in Forbes, so his subordinates promoted it in Novell's PR blog and his personal professional blog too. It was about "open source". Also mentioned in Tectonic was Novell's IDG "study" that we last mentioned in this post.
By now, you have probably read that the court has ruled in Novell's favor in the SCO case. My sentiments toward Novell aside, this ruling goes beyond merely acknowledging Novell's rights; it pretty much exonerates the GNU/Linux community and Linux kernel developers.
