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News Release from: Microsoft
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 November 2006
Microsoft statement on Novell agreement
Microsoft and Novell provide additional perspective on IP issues in landmark November 2nd agreement.
Microsoft and Novell have agreed to disagree on whether certain open source offerings infringe Microsoft patents and whether certain Microsoft offerings infringe Novell patents The agreement between the two companies puts in place a workable solution for customers for these issues, without requiring an agreement between the two companies on infringement
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Nov 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Both companies are fully committed to moving forward with all of the important work under these agreements.
The agreements will advance interoperability between Windows and Linux and put in place a new intellectual property bridge between proprietary and open source software.
Customers and participants throughout the industry will clearly benefit from these results.
"We at Microsoft respect Novell's point of view on the patent issue, even while we respectfully take a different view".
"Novell is absolutely right in stating that it did not admit or acknowledge any patent problems as part of entering into the patent collaboration agreement".
"At Microsoft we undertook our own analysis of our patent portfolio and concluded that it was necessary and important to create a patent covenant for customers of these products".
"We are gratified that such a solution is now in place".
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