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WideOpenNews: Novell Open License Draft Made Public

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 28, 1999

“A recent draft of the proposed Novell Cooperative License was
made public by Bruce Perens for reading and discussion on his
website, www.technocrat.net.

“Novell won’t use its new license to open the code on its entire
product line, but only portions of certain products.”

“Perens, open source pioneer and cofounder of the Open Source
Initiative, has been helping Novell craft its license.”

“Many note a strong resemblance between the Novell
Cooperative License and the GNU General Public License, or
GPL…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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