Microsoft: In case you thought we had a clue on open source,
surprise! We don't!  Microsoft wants to declare its independence
from one of open source's biggest licenses, the GPL. Here's why
it will fail.   This post by Microsoft (disclaiming its need to
adhere to GPLv3) has me depressed. Not because of what it
portends for open source, but because of how dumb it makes the
company look, as Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet points out. Not to
mention that it makes Novell look really dumb for trusting
Microsoft to play nicely. (But then, that foolishness was never
in doubt.)  Still, Novell has just released this response to
Microsoft's position:  Shortly after the GPLv3 license was
released, Microsoft issued a statement in which they expressed
their view that Microsoft is not a party to the GPLv3 and it is
therefore not applicable to them. Yesterday, they also
articulated that, "to avoid any doubt or legal debate on this
issue, Microsoft has decided that the Novell support
certificates that we distribute to customers will