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[ILUG] non-GPL bits in RedHat 8?

[ILUG] non-GPL bits in RedHat 8?

Stephane Dudzinski stephane.dudzinski at newworldiq.com
Wed Oct 2 15:11:03 IST 2002


Well, AFAIK, Mandrake is quite the only COMMERCIAL distribution which
contains 100% pure GPL code.

Steph

On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 15:06, Waider wrote:
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> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=41285&cid=4372974
> 
> suggests that there are parts of Red Hat that are not redistributable. I
> guess this means they're non-GPL. I'm amazed that the kneejerk reactions
> haven't already started; when I saw this item on slashdot (it's down in
> the 8.0 Release thread) I was amazed that there'd be no poorly-worded
> backlash posts about what a bunch of money-grubbing etc. Red Hat are and
> how this would be their downfall and...
> 
> er, sorry. got carried away there. Anyway. Since I haven't had a chance
> to look through the goodies, does anyone know which bits exactly are
> covered by this?
> 
> Cheers,
> Waider. Curious more than anything else.
> - --
> waider at waider.ie / Yes, it /is/ very personal of me
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