On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 21:01 +0200, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 03:28:13PM +0100, Damjan Novak wrote: > > On 7/25/07, Damjan Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >I dont think that it matters what the patent covenant covers or not > > >for this to work, all it takes is that they distribute it via vouchers > > >as part of the SuSE distribution, and with some luck in the unfolding > > >of these events, LGPLv3 patent provisions might disarm them by itself, > > >but IANAL... > > > > > > > On second thought, reading further the text and FAQ of the licence, I > > think Im wrong, sorry. > > Also, Wine is not on SLED/SLES, just on openSUSE, which is not protected > by the patent covenant. And it is explicitly left out. > > Ciao, Marcus
On the other hand, it's quite possible that Parallels would enter into some sort of patent thingy with Microsoft, and they DO distribute Wine. Thanks, Scott Ritchie