Well there have been a tonne of Microsoft Deals turned down by Linux distributions, for example: Ubuntu, RedHat, and Mandriva. So far there are three distros of linux working with Microsoft: Novell, Xandros, and Linspire. The GPLv3 “Last Call” draft says that only the future deals with patent protection will be banned.
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Ryan Orser
2 responses to “Special Report: Linux Vs. Microsoft! The battle of the OSes’”
Future deals will be banned, but the GPLv3 allows current deals to continue. Why not make the current deals illegal too? That would teach Novell a lesson.
Yes I think that it would teach them a lesson also, though i think that the linux community would lose respect from the distros that had signed the deals