dexter11 Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Jeremy Allison Jeremy Allison Has Resigned from Novell to Protest MS Patent DealThursday, December 21 2006 @ 08:35 AM EST The legendary Jeremy Allison (of Samba fame) has resigned from Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell patent agreement, which he calls "a mistake" which will be "damaging to Novell's success in the future." His main issue with the deal, though, is "that even if it does not violate the letter of the licence, it violates the intent of the GPL licence the Samba code is released under, which is to treat all recipients of the code equally." He leaves the company at the end of this month. He explained why in a message sent to several Novell email lists, and the message included his letter to management: "Whilst the Microsoft patent agreement is in place there is *nothing* we can do to fix community relations. And I really mean nothing," Allison wrote. "Until the patent provision is revoked, we are pariahs....Unfortunately the time I am willing to wait for this agreement to be changed ...has passed, and so I must say goodbye." Read the full article on Groklaw. source: hup.hu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I'm surprised more havn't left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I guess it was only a matter of time, although I too am surprised more have not left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmanuel_uk Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 This echoes some of the themes in thread Ballmer on the Novell deal https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=37110 Is this the start/symptoms of much more to come? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I'm still somewhat on the fence about the Novell/MS deal. It could go horribly wrong, or it could end up helping out open source. Both sides have good points, but really only time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 A lot of Devs/kernel hackers and such left when Novell took over Suse ;) Go Jeremy, I applaud you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 I'm still somewhat on the fence about the Novell/MS deal. It could go horribly wrong, or it could end up helping out open source. Both sides have good points, but really only time will tell. Maybe you are but they don't. Microsoft has already sold 16000 SLES subscriptions. That means a good deal for Novell without a doubt. Developers leaving them? So what they will hire more. Besides if you have a a family to keep up you don't just leave your employer even if you don't like what he's doing. Not everyone can go to Google like Jeremy Allison did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted January 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Boycott Novell made an interview with Jeremy Allison. You can read it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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