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No, even he said no
"The difference between the Novell/Microsoft agreement and indemnification (as Novell used to provide and Red Hat still does) is the direct royalty payments from Novell to Microsoft for use of Open Source/Free Software code. ?That's the part that is (IMHO) violating the GPL... blah, blah, blah..."

But when pressed to be specific Jeremy admits the GPL has not been violated and instead says the "spirit of the GPL" is violated.

In other words he believes his interpretation of the LICENSE is different that what it actually says and that he is unwilling to live by the actual terms/language of the GPL.

When asked about all the companies/people sued for violating the actual terms of the GPL because they interpreted it wrongfully and if they should have the same freedom he is taking, he never replied. Gee, I wonder why???

The truth here is that users WANT this sort of interoperability between proprietary and (GPLed) open source and his refusing to participate demonstrates that he believes his ideology trumps the users wants and desires. The guy needs to get over himself...
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No, even he said no  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/02/07
The reason Jeremy Allison stopped replying to you is explained here  Zogg | 01/02/07
Bull, the man is an egomaniac  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/02/07
Sounds like something No_Ax_to_Grind would do.  B.O.F.H. | 01/02/07
Did some one say...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/02/07
You started with a troll.  B.O.F.H. | 01/02/07
I think you said...  John L. Ries | 01/02/07
The irony of your last comment has obviously escaped you  Zogg | 01/02/07
The day this loser  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/02/07
Oh please! How old are you?  Zogg | 01/02/07
It always escpaes him.  B.O.F.H. | 01/02/07
Where did say it? Quote/link?  mosborne | 01/02/07
HIs Words  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/02/07
It's called "exploiting a legal loophole" in GPLv2  Zogg | 01/02/07
No_Ax is clearly paid to do this - please dismiss  JeremyAllison | 01/02/07
Don't know if he's paid to do this or not  John L. Ries | 01/02/07
I doubt it  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/03/07
But the problem with the "No_Ax is an insecure juvenile" theory...  Zogg | 01/03/07
Good for him. He does not want to work for an unethical company.  nomorems | 01/02/07
Ethics?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/02/07
Novell is being "screwed" by Microsoft  sinleeh@... | 01/02/07
Hardly...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/02/07
Its good for commercial Linux  StorageGuru | 01/03/07
Not really  sinleeh@... | 01/03/07
Really  StorageGuru | 01/03/07

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