[gNewSense-users] Mandriva says they will not agree to patent deal with Microsoft

[Matthew Flaschen]

Mandriva has ruled out a patent deal with MS
(http://corp.mandriva.com/webteam/2007/06/19/we-will-not-go-to-canossa/).
   Probably, this resulted from the combination of:

a. The broad reaction against the Linspire and Xandros deals

b. Our Red Hat campaign

c. Public speculation (including by me) that Mandriva would be next.

d. The prospect of GPLv3 (perhaps Mandriva, unlike Xandros, can
"predict" the final content of GPLv3 after reading the last call draft)

This statement definitely indicates they are listening to the community.
 Of course, there is no guarantee they will keep their word (Linspire
did an about-face), but signing the deal will look worse now.

Matt Flaschen