Open Source Showdown In Salt Lake

There's going to be a showdown of sorts in Salt Lake City on Monday.

As Novell kicks off its annual Brainshare event, open source critics are hosting their own, rival, event across the street at the Shiloh Inn. The stated goal? To rain on Novell's parade.

What has brought this crowd, led by Bruce Perens, to this pass? Novell's pact with Microsoft which open sourcers view as a literal pact with the devil. Now there's talk about adjusting the evolving the GPL 3 to thwart the deal.

At any rate, according to the invitation, the topics of the meeting will be:

So it looks like high noon in Utah.