Novell has distanced itself from Microsoft's claims that Linux and open source software contains 235 of its patents, maintaining that the relationship between the two companies does not include an admission of patent infringement.
The company is one of a number of Linux and open source supporters to have rejected Microsoft's claim of patent infringement, but it it is in delicate position, given that Microsoft's patent claims have got significantly louder following their November interoperability and patent covenant agreement.
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