“Taking its place next to Sun, Corel and Netscape, Novell plans
to open the source code to select portions of its cash cow, Novell
Directory Services, sources said.”
“The move comes on the heels of Novell’s recent decisions to
publish open source licenses for its digital wallet technology
called DigitalMe, NDS for Linux client and the management interface
to its Internet Caching System (ICS).”
“The model will not be similar to Sun’s community licensing
model, but it will make it easier for ISVs to develop to NDS on
certain platforms, the sources said. The move could lead to a
further proliferation of directory-enabled software. Novell
officials would not comment.”