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Old 01-14-2003
Lindows vs. Microsoft

Interesting reading if you like legal briefs Smilie :

http://info.lindows.com/lindows/
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Old 01-14-2003
this makes me think of the open group objecting to uses of 'UNIX' , lindows says what windows is now a generic term and therefor can be used without trademark violation, interesting....
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Old 01-15-2003
Man that's a read and a half !!
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Old 01-15-2003
Now what I'm waiting for is for someone to take all of the code that still falls under the GNU license (most of the operating system, as I see it) or another code-distributable license, and post it publicly.

According to the GNU license, you can charge for the code if you want, but then it leaves your control - the licensing party can resell or redistribute as they wish.

According to this link, they "ask" that you not redistribute, but as it pertains to specific code, I don't think they can restrict you from doing so.

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