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Fwd: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: GPL violation is a Linux Community standard



I didn't know Alan Cox was a major GPL head too.

	-Arun

From: alan@xxxxxxxxxx (Alan Cox)
Newsgroups: muc.lists.linux-kernel
Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: GPL violation is a Linux Community standard
Date: 24 Jun 2000 02:26:36 +0200
Organization: Newsgate at muc.de e.V.
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> In reality, Copyleft is nothing more than a moral and ethical guideline that 
> a redistributor *chooses* to follow (or not follow).  For commeralized Linux 

Actually folks get sued for not following copyrights. I've been talking to
someone recently who plans to solve the KDE gpl/nongpl issue by issuing 
cease and desist orders to KDE.

Vendors also take it seriously. Some of them anyway

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