The Free Software Foundation today released the "last call" draft of GPLv3. Here's Novell's takeaway from the draft:
Nothing in the last call draft of GPLv3 suggests that the final version of GPLv3 will inhibit Novell's ability to include GPLv3 technologies in SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE, and other Novell offerings as these technologies become available. We note that the language which grandfathered the Novell–Microsoft agreement remains in the draft. We will continue to distribute Linux and other GPL'd technologies. All of this is good news for our customers.
The terms of the last call draft suggest that the final version of GPLv3 will not interrupt our partnership with Microsoft. We remain committed to that partnership, which we believe will help grow the Linux market and satisfy longstanding customer needs. We look forward to providing the fruits of our joint technical interoperability to our customers and our fellow community members in accord with our previously outlined roadmap.
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