Novell-Microsoft patent deals
From en.swpat.org
Starting in 2006, Novell and Microsoft have made a series of patent deals. These deals were very controversial because they were the first such deals between a software company that uses patents aggressively and a company with strong ties to free software.
[edit] Other organisations that signed with Microsoft
(This list mostly duplicates a similar list on Free software distributors paying patent tax - this duplication should be avoided by a merge)
- Xandros[1]
- Linspire[2]
- Melco[3]
- Fuji Xerox[4]
- Samsung[5]
- LG Electronics[6]
- TomTom [7] (see Microsoft v. TomTom (2008, USA))
[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org
- Free software distributors paying patent tax
- Patent non-aggression pacts
- Patent trolls
- Campaigns to avoid patented ideas
[edit] External links
- How Many SUSE Subscriptions Can You Get For $240M?, February 2010
- The Boycott Novell news site, set up in reaction to the 2006 deal
- Community Commitments - Microsoft & Novell Interoperability Collaboration
- Microsoft & Novell Interoperability Collaboration
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