 Supporters of the free PC operating
system Linux are preparing to counter a recent Microsoft Corp.
deal which established for the first time the
principle of paying the software giant to use Linux.
Microsoft signed a deal with Novell Inc., one of the providers of Linux, in which Novell paid a lump sum in return for a guarantee that Microsoft would not sue Novell's clients for what it calls a violation of its own patents in the Linux program. Eban Moglen, one of the pioneers of free software, said Microsoft's deal skirts the requirements of the GNU General Public License, used by Linux and other free programs, which requires the software to be given away.  News source: washingtonpost.com
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