-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On February 10, 2003 09:10, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Monday 10 February 2003 09:01 am, Buchan Milne wrote: > > "You are using hardware that is not supported sufficiently by > > the vendor to provide open-source drivers, and thus Mandrake > > Linux cannot fully support this hardware in the download > > edition. Your hardware is however supported fully in the > > Mandrake Linux packs, and the drivers are available from the > > MandrakeClub". > > Good idea! > > How about > > "Some of your hardware (insert specific's) is from a vendor that > prevents us from providing full support in the GPL download > edition of the Mandrake Linux Distribution. They have chosen to > release their drivers under a proprietary license and > MandrakeSoft cannot legally distribute them within a fully GPL > compliant release. You will find that this hardware will not > work properly with the download edition until you acquire these > proprietary drivers from the manufacturer. As a service to our > customers, some of these drivers are available in the Mandrake > Linux boxed sets and as a download from the MandrakeClub"
How about we collapse it a bit to: "Your hardware (insert specifics) is from a vendor that has chosen to release their drivers under a proprietary license. MandrakeSoft works hard to keep our download edition GPL-compliant. This hardware will not work properly unless you acquire the proprietary drivers from the manufacturer. As a service to our customers, some of these drivers are included in the Mandrake Linux boxed sets or can be downloaded from the MandrakeClub." - -- Dave Fluri PGP Public Key-ID 3F64B9AC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+R7jIo1mPmT9kuawRAqz+AJ4iIUpQxQcNGdpnzdjtpR6x0iYDXQCcC5lo KY1pG+7N3X1FlQnjI/8974s= =1FRO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
