compatibility with Apache License version 2.0 (since prior versions are incompatible); clarified the role of external contractors; and made an exception to avoid perceived problems with an agreement in the Microsoft-Novell style, stating in Section 11, paragraph 6, as follows:

This exception aimed to make such future deals ineffective. The license was also intended to cause Microsoft to take action--to extend the patent licenses it granted to Novell customers for the use of GPLv3 software to all