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Linux Mandrake Gets Major Investor
Stone writes "It's seems that Red Hat get a big competitor with Mandrake. Axa announces today an equity position in Mandrakesoft. Axa is the second world leader of assets management with 650 billion USD and the owner of DLJ who makes a lot's of Nasdaq IPOs." Thus it begins.
With GPL there is no 'steal' only 'share'.
I'm sick and tired of reading that linux-mandrake
have stolen from Redhat.
GPL is an invitation to share, with the condition that the sharing goes both ways.
Claiming that Redhat's works has been stolen is show a complete lack of understanding of the GPL. If Redhat didn't want threir work to be shared with others they wouldn't have released it under the GPL. Since Mandrake's innovations are also GPL'd Redhat is free to share them also.
Deap in the heart of a nameless American investor's firm the following conversation was recorded by Agent 000 of British Intelligence. The message was sent across the world through the Echelon network, and picked up by my tranceiver in Sidney, Australia. Many an agent risked his life to bring this message to slashdot, so enjoy!
"Oh my f'ing lord, Larry, look at that."
"Uhhh, yeah Bill?"
"Ya know that Linux thingie we invested in?"
"Yeah, I remember that. It had a stupid name, Red Cap or something"
"Well I just read here that this other company , Mandrakesoft, is being invested in by this Axa joint"
"Uhh, so?"
"Uhh, so! This Mandrakesoft stole Linux from the Red Hat people, and you wouldn't beleive this . ."
"What Bill?"
"Them danm bastard Red Hat people LET them steal it, they practically gave it away, if what I'm reading here is true!"
"That's kinda sucky isn't it?"
"Hell it's sucky! I'm pulling all my money from those bastards, before ya know it, they'll be giving their product away for free!"
"Well, if ya think it's a good idea Bill, I'll do it too"
"Them danm crazy's if ya ask me. I meen that's no way to run a business"