Novell's alliance with Microsoft?

[Jay Scherrer]

List,
How will this alliance of Novell with Microsoft effect future releases 
of Fedora? I am happy that Fedora is continually and fully open-sourced.

Reference:

<http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq_opensource.html>
Q1. How is this agreement compatible with Novell's obligations under 
Section 7 of the GPL?

Our agreement with Microsoft is focused on our customers, and does not 
include a patent license or covenant not to sue from Microsoft to Novell 
(or, for that matter, from Novell to Microsoft). Novell's customers 
receive a covenant not to sue directly from Microsoft. We have not 
agreed with Microsoft to any condition that would contradict the 
conditions of the GPL and we are in full compliance.

Novell's end user customers receive a covenant not to sue directly from 
Microsoft for their use of Novell products and services, but these 
activities are outside the scope of the GPL.

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