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Is UnitedLinux Violating The GPL?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the have-they-released-anything dept.

mmayberry writes "NewsForge has posted an article, UnitedLinux might not be very GPL-friendly. With a closed beta that includes an NDA, UL may be on the verge of angering a large part of their target market. You'd think that the likes of Suse, Turbo, SCO, and Conectiva would get the point by now..."

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  1. Excuse me... by stubear · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I saw all the torches and hayforks. Is this the Frankenstein lynching party or is that one two villages over?

    1. Re:Excuse me... by Phil+the+Canuck · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nope. This here's a hangin'. You wanna be gettin' back on the highway. Head north, take the second exit.

  2. The adventures of RMS: Defender of the GPL by sfraggle · · Score: 5, Funny
    Deep inside the Free Software Foundation's secret underground headquarters:

    BMK: RMS! The GPL software alarm! Someone somewhere is releasing GPL'ed software under a non-GPL compatible NDA!

    RMS: I might have guessed.. my arch nemesis the greedy capitalist Ransom Love, now using the power of his UnitedLinux alliance. Quick, Bradley, to the GNU-mobile!

    ....... several minutes later, outside the UnitedLinux building ....

    RMS: So, Ransom Love, still up to your old tricks eh? And still using names for products that dont properly reflect the GNU project's contribution as well!

    RL: Theres nothing you can do this time, Stallman! I'm releasing this beta and theres nothing you can do to stop me!!

    RMS: Not so fast, Love. You didnt reckon with my MAGIC BEARD!

    RL: OH NO!!!!

    **** ZAP ****

    ....... later, back at the FSF headquarters ....

    BK: Well, RMS, we certainly stopped that evil Ransom Love.

    RMS: Yes Bradley, for the time being the world is safe again from the evil of Proprietory Software. But who knows when software hoarders will attack next?

    Meanwhile, in the ruins of the UnitedLinux HQ..

    RL: It's not over yet! I'll get you next time Stallman, next time!!!!

    --
    were you expecting to see a sig here? perhaps you'd rather see the inside of an ambulance!
  3. Re:Just chill, people by lunenburg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Leave your knee-jerk reactions at home for now, people. The FSF is on the case. Don't get all up in arms unless the FSF determines there is an actual problem.

    That's right - save the knee-jerk reactions for when Red Hat changes a desktop theme.