Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 25th Nov 2007 23:05 UTC, submitted by jello
Members of the Linux community have complained that the hot new sub-notebook from Asus, the eeePC, may have violated the spirit of the Linux General Public License. Some Linux advocates claim the eeePC has not included required source code with the installed Xandros Linux distribution and does not easily enable users to install another distro. However, there are indications that eeePC fans probably don't care.
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2005-07-01
The ASUS EeePC has been a great triumph for Linux. OK, so one of the drivers hasn't had it's source released. Before the community starts burning piles of EeePCs, could someone try asking nicely and see if that works? If, a couple of months down the line, it looks like they aren't going to play, then maybe it's time to talk to a lawyer. Until then, I think ASUS are still with the good guys.