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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. What the? A windows clone? by WildBeast · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I've seen Linux people laugh at MS per-seat licensing, yet now that some stupid Linux distributions do the same. Ah it's not such a big deal, RMS is whining for nothing.

    What's wrong with you people? If we wanted a Windows clone we would be using Windows, wouldn't we?

    Where have the good old days of free Linux, freedom of expression and powerfull shells gone? Nowadays all we hear about is KDE/GNOME, Redhat/Caldera, etc. and their right to charge for Linux.

    Enough is enough and its time for a change.

    For once, I stand by RMS and by the GPL.