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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."

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  1. A close miss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd buy one of these if it came without a "Microsoft distro". A little noise might help Asus get their heads out of their asses and deliver a Machine that existing linux users would be happy with.