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Article #58Re: Should Motherboard makers bundle Linux CD with every shipment?
From: PeeCee
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00
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"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message news:15OdnT7QcvXAG_HVnZ2dnUVZ8qbinZ2d@bt.com... > "DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote in message > news:jkho64lhqj6upln1i81gilqerkcarnssef@4ax.com... >> >>>it would appear that doing so would be a violation of the linux >>>distributions released under the gnu agreement that stipulate there >>>should be no charge for such releases. >> >> Neither the GPL nor BSD licenses have any such restriction. You can >> charge whatever you want, however the GPL does require the sourcecode to >> be made available if you distribute binaries. >> >> BSD-type licenses have no such limitations. >> >> gzipping the source and tossing it on the CD would take care of it. >> >> In both cases you need to distribute the license, proper attributions, >> etc, all of which can be buried in the other legalese. > > > What about devices with embedded Linux? They are obviously made for > profit, and they do not even seem to have the source code available. > > ss. > Linksys got bad publicity over their wireless routers for that but I believe the source has since been published (and hacked) Best Paul.
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