Ubuntu reaches out to embarrassed SuSE devs
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Sat Nov 25 23:52:55 UTC 2006
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 17:11, Alan wrote:
> > > who struck a deal with Microsoft which is borderline on the GPL.
> >
> > Isn't 'illegal to distribute' something that is decided by
> > the copyright/patent owner, not some slightly interested
> > bystanders?
>
> For the kernel I *am* a copyright holder.
And how is what you are doing any different than Ballmer's
claims that the kernel infringes on Microsoft's patents?
I guess I would find it somewhat amusing if a Linux
distribution omitted the kernel and made you download
your own copy separately due to the FUD surrounding it
from all directions.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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