News: Novell worries that GPL 3 could foil Microsoft pact

Novell is concerned that Microsoft could stop selling Suse Linux coupons if the third version of the General Public License remains in its current form. Its worries were aired on Friday in the delayed regulatory filing of its annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006. The 144-page document posted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Web site contained redacted versions of Novell's business, patent and technology agreements with Microsoft, which it signed in November 2006.