Also of note: IBM will not indemnify Linux customers:

] In the memo, signed by Robert Samson, an IBM sales
] manager, IBM said that: " Most indemnities are narrowly
] drawn and are often invalidated by customer activities,
] such as making modifications or combining the indemnified
] product with other code, which are central to the
] vitality of open source."
]
] It said the H-P indemnification requirements "will
] inhibit customers from taking full advantage of the open
] source development process."
]
] Mr. Samson's memo says "HP's approach as outlined in the
] press, we believe runs fundamentally counter to the Linux
] value proposition." Many users like Linux because they
] can view the source code making it easy to adapt the
] operating system for their own uses.