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Tom Potts wrote: > There does seem to have been some fiddling with the code - removal of credits > etc. There's no evidence of that so far. Besides, the first thing that gets dropped from any distribution that needs to strip out the bloat are the ChangeLogs and documentation. Emdebian does that too. > Some have suggested that it may be an attempt to hide their tracks. Stop feeding the FUD. No evidence. > It may be that they don't quite get the GPL and want to try and keep some > developments away from their competitors -the machine is bought in bits after > all. No, the source code *is* available - Debian has downloaded several copies. > to the EU - the only thing that counts is the end result. Its not a Linux PC > until its GPL compliant. It isn't a Linux PC even then - no such thing exists. It might be a GNU/Linux PC but that is true even if the GPL is flouted. The only issue is whether the OS on the PC is free software because to be called "free software" it must comply with whatever licences apply and STILL be free. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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