[ILUG] non-GPL bits in RedHat 8?

[John Moylan]

I think this is flame bait. Read the second post, by Alan Cox.

Stephane Dudzinski wrote:

>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
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>>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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