Novell SuSE Linux users get 'protection'
Novell has launched an indemnification scheme to protect its SuSE Linux Enterprise Server customers against what it described as "certain intellectual property challenges to Linux".
Novell's Linux Indemnification Programme follows a similar announcement from Hewlett Packard last year, but is not limited to copyright infringement claims from The SCO Group.
To qualify, customers must be running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and, after 12 January, obtain upgrade protection and a qualifying technical support contract from Novell or a Novell or SuSE Linux channel partner.
The programme launch was timed to coincide with the closing of Novell's acquisition of SuSE Linux. SCO previously indicated it would consider launching a lawsuit against Novell/SuSE Linux once the deal was completed.
Novell conceded that SCO's controversial intellectual property claims over core elements of the Linux kernel had created a barrier for enterprise adoption of Linux.
