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Old 12-07-2010
About Those 882 Novell Patents: This is Where OIN Comes In

I have some important news for you. It's about those 882 Novell patents that are being sold to a Microsoft-organized consortium in connection with the sale of Novell to Attachmate. I've been worrying about those patents, and I was wondering what happens to Novell's license to the Open Invention Network after the sale. So I took the time to find out. And it's very good news.
Here's how it works. The patents of OIN members are licensed to each other royalty-free in perpetuity. Even on a sale, the license remains in force for all pre-existing members. If you are a member of OIN prior to the closing on the Novell deal, then, you are covered. The proposed closing date is January 23rd, so you still have time to join OIN and get the benefit of the license to those patents. Then, if Microsoft shows up at your door, you can say, "Thanks, but no thanks. I already have a license." So here's what it all adds up to, by my reading: if ever you were thinking of joining the Open Invention Network, this is the sensible time to do it, as long as you get it done before this sale closes and that door shuts with respect to the Novell patents.

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Net::LDAP::Extra::eDirectory(3) 			User Contributed Perl Documentation			   Net::LDAP::Extra::eDirectory(3)

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Net::LDAP::Extra::eDirectory -- extensions for Novell eDirectory SYNOPSIS
use Net::LDAP::Extra qw(eDirectory); $ldap = Net::LDAP->new( ... ); ... if ($ldap->is_eDirectory) my $mesg $ldap->list_replicas($server_dn); print "Replicas on $server_dn * " . join(" * ", $mesg->replicas) . " " if (!$mesg->code); } DESCRIPTION
Net::LDAP::Extra::eDirectory provides functions / LDAP extensions specific to Novell eDirectory. To do so, it provides the following methods: METHODS
is_eDirectory ( ) Tell if the LDAP server queried is Novell eDirectory server. As the check is done by querying the root DSE of the directory, it works without being bound to the directory. In contrast to other Net::LDAP methods this method returns TRUE / FALSE respectively undef on error. list_replicas ( SERVER_DN, OPTIONS ) Query the replicas on the given server SERVER_DN. On success, the resulting Net::LDAP::Message object supports the method "replicas" that returns the list of replicas on SERVER_DN. get_replica_info ( SERVER_DN, REPLICA_DN, OPTIONS ) Query information of REPLICA_DN on SERVER_DN. On success, the resulting Net::LDAP::Message object supports the method "replica_info" that returns a hash containing information on REPLICA_DN. trigger_backlinker ( OPTIONS ) Trigger the BackLinker process, which resolves external references to ensure they refer to real entries. trigger_janitor ( OPTIONS ) Trigger the Janitor process, which checks connectivity to all servers in database. trigger_limber ( OPTIONS ) Trigger the Limber process, which verifies the server name, internal ipx address and tree connectivity of all replicas. trigger_skulker ( OPTIONS ) Trigger the Skulker process, which checks the synchronization status of every server in the replica ring. trigger_schemasync ( OPTIONS ) Trigger SchemaSync. trigger_partitionpurge ( OPTIONS ) Trigger PartitionPurge. refresh_ldap_server ( OPTIONS ) Trigger refreshing the NLDAP service. AUTHOR
Peter Marschall <peter@adpm.de> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2013 Peter Marschall. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.18.2 2013-07-21 Net::LDAP::Extra::eDirectory(3)