[ale] Lindows vs the semi-annual Windows suck-a-thon

[Greg]

Exactly.  I posted before my research.  Of course, CodeWeavers did leave
them since Lindows didn't want to share, and many members of the open source
community don't like the way Lindows operates - especially since 99% of
their system is from open source to begin with and they haven't played nice
with everyone else in the sandbox by sharing code.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jason Day
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 6:37 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Lindows vs the semi-annual Windows suck-a-thon
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 05:15:46PM -0500, Greg wrote:
> > On the GPL issue, well, I *think* that Lindows, Inc interprets
> the GPL to
> > say that they have to provide the source code to USERS only,
> and in order to
> > be a user you need to pay at least $49.00 for the OS.  Their EULA (!??!)
> > says this also (note the  first sentence "source code" ???)
>
> This is allowed by the GPL.  I don't know the correct paragraph off the
> top of my head, but a quick search of the GPL FAQ should provide
> answers.
>
> On the other hand, while Lindows, Inc is well within their rights to
> only supply source code to users who have bought the binary, there is
> nothing to prevent a Lindows user from putting the source on a public
> FTP server, or distributing it in any other way.  If their EULA claims
> otherwise, then that would be a violation of the GPL.
>
> Jason
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