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Article #45Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux
From: opus
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 05:03
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 05:03
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 14:19:28 -0500, Jeffrey Silverman wrote: > On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 17:39:15 +0000, Bill Unruh wrote: > >> Why should they understand somthing that is totally wrong? Where in the >> GPL do you read that the GPL only applies to source code. Why would the >> GPL DEMAND that source code be included in any distribution of GPL code >> if it only applied to source code? >> >> Ie, I am afraid that you are simply wrong, and should go back and read >> the GPL. > > No I am not wrong. I did go back and read the GPL. I read the GPL FAQ, as > well. > > Your original statement said that the GPL says that anyone should be able > "to buy the Redhat disks and then load them onto their web server and > allow anyone else to download them for free." This is a misunderstanding > of the GPL. > > The Red Hat disks are *binary program disks*. They are Red Hat's > property. All Red Hat has to do to comply with the GPL is to publish the > full source for those disks. They can do whatever they want with the > binaries, including limiting distribution of the binary disks. > > Please, someone vindicate me on this! Keep wondering why they came out with Bluecurve and then suddenly took a 90 degree turn and took their distribution private. Their so fucking weird at RedHat.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,a391555474ffb62e X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: 1055b9,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid1055b9,public X-Google-Thread: 1154bf,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid1154bf,public X-Google-Thread: fe2cf,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gidfe2cf,public X-Google-Thread: 107b38,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid107b38,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-05 21:02:24 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.71.34.3!newsfeed.cwix.com!sooner.brightok.net!not-for-mail From: "opus" <opus@neitherland.org> Organization: neitherland.org Subject: Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux User-Agent: Pan/0.13.3 (That cat's something I can't explain) Message-ID: <pan.2003.11.06.05.02.58.530827@neitherland.org> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.redhat,alt.linux.redhat,aus.computers.linux References: <pan.2003.11.05.04.09.23.808776@hotmail.com> <17532361.tm2asPQNcB@gregs-web-hosting-and-pickle-farming> <pan.2003.11.05.05.36.24.671893@comcast.net> <boan7r$bm8$1@string.physics.ubc.ca> <pan.2003.11.05.14.22.15.752827@jhu.edu> <bobck3$q75$1@string.physics.ubc.ca> <pan.2003.11.05.19.19.25.265496@jhu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 34 Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 23:03:02 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.240.136.62 X-Trace: sooner.brightok.net 1068094941 205.240.136.62 (Wed, 05 Nov 2003 23:02:21 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 23:02:21 CST