Attached Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

I don't really get the article either, but I'm pretty sure it's making fun of Microsoft.  Linux is not in any way the intellectual property of Microsoft.  Arguably some of the *applications* that copy microsoft products could be seen to be infringing upon copyright (OpenOffice, for instance), but it's a pretty weak argument in almost all cases, much like the following one from the article:

Quote - Ballm e r: Well th e re 's too m any to m ention, but just to
get starte d, w e invente d th e 3 button m ous e , so all
de s k top m enus us ing th e m iddle & righ t button violate
our IP and all Linux's do copy our m ous e innovations .

I don't think Novell is owned by Microsoft, and even if it were Linux itself and most linux applications are open source, and freely available for  use, modification, and redistribution under the same liscense conditions.  There are many free versions of linux, and unless you buy the whole "three button mouse" argument they do not violate Microsoft's intellectual property in any way.  Third-party applications conceivably might, but they would just as much in SUSE as anywhere else unless MS has made some sort of deal with Novell about it I guess, but that's moot as Microsoft has never, to my knowledge, won any litigation that would say the standard applications distrubuted with any version of Linux are a violation of intellectual property, nor are there any lawsuits pending, to my knowledge.

Microsoft has been working on something or other involving Linux in Windows, but I can't remember what.   That may be what the article is alluding to, I guess.

Edit:
Ah, ok, I figured out what it's talking about:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell%2C_Inc.#Patent_Agreement_with_Microsoft
Yeah, pretty sure it's making fun of microsoft.