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RMS Condemns "UnitedLinux" per-seat License

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the its-not-unitedgnulinux-anyway dept.

dep writes "Likening the practice to Windows, Richard M. Stallman has issued a brief statement condemning the per-seat licensing that it appears will be employed in the "UnitedLinux" core distribution. He calls upon developers to refuse to allow their work to be used by such a distribution."

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  1. nah, that aint what pisses him off.... by jeffy124 · · Score: 4, Funny

    he's actually pissed it's not called GNU/UnitedLinux

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  2. Well that settles it! by Limburgher · · Score: 5, Funny
    I guess I'll just have to stick to RedHat, TinyLinux and Lycoris.

    Hang on, I was going to do that anyway. . .

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  3. Read title carefully by dmccarty · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woah, I read "RMS" and "condoms" and didn't want to read any more about that!

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    1. Re:Read title carefully by NitsujTPU · · Score: 3, Funny

      Open Sores Condoms?

      Ouch!

    2. Re:Read title carefully by questionlp · · Score: 2, Funny

      No wonder Microsoft calls the GPL a viral thing... ick! But I wouldn't want Shared Sores either.

  4. developer refusal. by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny
    "...He calls upon developers to refuse to allow their work to be used by such a distribution."

    I would refuse to allow my work to be included, but I licensed it under the GPL, so I can't.

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  5. RMS #$#@'d in head head as usual ... by zangdesign · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you read the article, they will be in complete compliance with the GPL - they won't make BINARIES available, but SOURCE CODE will be.

    As for the proprietary software, something has to be done to ensure that they survive. Otherwise, there will be only two Linux companies, and eventually there will only be IBM.

    Sometimes I feel like I'm watching a bad episode of Highlander when I observe the Linux crowd.

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  6. Re:Is there anything that RMS likes? by RoadWarriorX · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suppose he likes Free Software, right?
    D'oh!

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  7. Re:Nobody likes GNU / Linux ?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    "Judge not, lest thou be judged"

    Something rms does constantly...

  8. Re:Will you just leave RMS alone ?! by Ayon+Rantz · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I still find it inspiring he is sticking to his guns.

    You must mean "sticking to his gnus" :)

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  9. GNU+Linux by GodWasAnAlien · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is RMS tired of dividing GNU by Linux?

  10. Re:Absurd by BlueWonder · · Score: 3, Funny
    RMS, what's the problem here? It is clear to me that if you don't want your work redistributed for a fee, you are using the wrong license!

    Huh? RMS is actively encouraging people who redistribute GPL'd software to charge as much as possible.