Re: About breaking GPL license and copyrights on Fedora Core.

[Rahul Sundaram]

Giulio Fidente wrote:
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>  Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > Jon Stanley wrote:
> >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Rahul Sundaram
> >> <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
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> >>> There is no need to translate. Refer http://www.linux-xp.com/. I haven't
> >>> looked for source code.
> >> Interesting.  I tried the "Buy Now" and "Download Now" links
> on the
> >> English version of the site and got nowhere. I do notice mention that
> >> I have to register in order to use the product beyond a 30-day
> >> evaluation period. I *think* that this may be an issue under GPLv3
> >> section 6, if there is any GPLv3 software in the distro, which cannot
> >> obviously be determined without a copy of it.
> > This is a Russian organization. I doubt we want to waste money trying to
> > get a hold of this product to hunt down whether the restrictions on the
> > end product is evasive of any specific license within. Wikipedia article
> > states that they do not respond to email. It doesn't appear to have made
> > any new releases and seems to be dead.
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>  btw it is availabe for download at:
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> ftp://downloads.linux-xp.com/pub/linux-xp/desktop/2008/international/LXPD...
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>  and or
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> ftp://downloads.linux-xp.com/pub/linux-xp/desktop/2008/international/LXPD...
CC'ing fedora-legal list.

Rahul