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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Member since:2005-11-18
They should declare a fifth freedom: the freedom to run an excellent product without getting bashed by GPL fanatics. Seriously... I do love free software, but for me freedom is not restrictions and limitations.
Then, don't use software that abides by the GPL or software with more restrictive licenses, like proprietary software. There is a huge body of BSD/MIT/Apache licensed software. Use that, and start whining about the licensing choices of others, who give their code away, with the restriction that others should be able to get the code too.
Member since:2006-12-16
Oh please - as I've stated many times in the past, if they don't like the terms of the GPL, then they should get their greedy mitts off the software. It's THAT simple. No one is making you, or them, use GPL'd software. If you dislike the GPL that much, then please get rid of any GPL'd software that you might be using on your system.
Dave
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2007-07-25
They should declare a fifth freedom: the freedom to run an excellent product without getting bashed by GPL fanatics. Seriously... I do love free software, but for me freedom is not restrictions and limitations.