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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted
From:       James Knott <james.knott () rogers ! com>
Date:       2006-11-28 23:22:49
Message-ID: 456CC4C9.2020202 () rogers ! com
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M Harris wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 November 2006 16:18, Anders Johansson wrote:
>   
>> so not only would it be against the GPL, it would be against the law, and
>> set Novell (not anyone else) up for a law suit
>>
>> Plain enough?
>>     
> 	Patented code is not the issue (for me, as far as trust is concerned)...
>
> 	Novell cannot be trusted with the distribution of Linux, at this point.
>
> 	What do you folks really think *interoperability* really means--- between 
> windoze and linux?  ---it means M$ has kernel hooks... one way or the 
> other... 
>
> 	No, Suse cannot be trusted for the future... unfortunately.
>
>
>
>   

Given that Linux, including SUSE is open source, such "hooks" will be
visible.  Novell cannot sneak anything into GPL code, that won't be noticed.



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