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Stalwarts Claim Asus eeePC Violates GPL

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the seems-like-everything-neat-does dept.

WirePosted writes "Members of the Linux community have complained that the hot new sub-notebook from Asus, the eeePC, may have violated the spirit of the Linux General Public License (GPL). Some Linux advocates claim the eeePC has not included required source code with the installed Xandros Linux distribution and does not easily enable users to install another distro. However, there are indications that eeePC fans probably don't care."

3 of 247 comments (clear)

  1. more than the spirit-go for the money. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Sounds like the author of asus_acpi has a lawsuit on his/her hands."

    Sounds like "Lawsuit" happy American has struck again. Why don't you all just invade?

  2. Care or don't care.. by cyberjock1980 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Does caring about whether the GPL has been violated matter? Whether I care or not is not the point. The point is that ASUS is currently in violation of GPL. I bet that if I stole something from ASUS they'd come after me the second I appeared to interfere with their products.

  3. Improperly Rated by hdon · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This guy's post is NOT off-topic.

    Get your heads in the game, mods!