“Under its controversial alliance with Novell, Microsoft is
entitled to receive key technical documentation from the Linux
distributor even if that documentation is not generally available
to open source software developers, according to a Novell
document.“Under the deal, Novell must provide to Microsoft documentation
relating to the tools used to manage Novell’s SUSE Linux operating
system on virtual servers ‘whether or not Novell Management
Interface Information is available publicly in the open source
community,’ the document states…”
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