Also keep in mind that the GPL is a copyright(left), so you can still
copyright something that's released under the GPL.
-Mark
Alex Hewitt USG wrote:
>
> I guess what I was after was the restrictions that would apply to copying a Red
> Hat CD. As I mentioned earlier, I don't think they're getting rich off their
> package sales so I'd be loath to diminish in any way their ability to make money
> from what they do. On the one hand these distributions make the installation and
> use of Linux very convenient but on the other hand new versions come out very
> frequently.
>
> In fact I find that there is so much variance in the target hardware that
> sometimes I need to try 3 or more distributions before I can get a mostly
> functional Linux OS installed on a particular machine. I've bought at least 3
> different distributions from Red Hat in the past and will continue to do that
> periodically. One thing I've never done though is called their support line or
> even so much as sent them an email. I can almost always work through the
> problems I run into but as you might have seen from my recent post recounting my
> experiences trying to install on a new laptop, I sometimes throw in the towel on
> a specific machine. Then after waiting a while for Linux distros to catch up to
> my hardware, I take another crack at it. Laptops seem to be the most difficult
> systems to configure properly under Linux. BTW, I've certainly spent plenty of
> time attempting to install Windows and that often doesn't go perfectly either
> ;^).
>
> -Alex
>
> P.S. One potential advantage of the Debian distribution is that Debian is very
> strict about not packaging commercial applications on their CDs.
>
> Wirth's Law: Software gets slower faster than Hardware gets faster!
>
> "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it
> said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." - Anonymous
>
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Benjamin Scott wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Alex Hewitt USG wrote:
> > > I would avoid copying Red Hat's CD because I honestly can't say that it
> > > would be completely legal. Either that or visit Red Hat's web page where
> > > they provide a link to a downloadable copy ...
> >
> > Have you read the copyright notices on the downloadable copy? They are
> > there. Thousands of them, in fact. One in every package, plus a few in
> > general distribution README files and the like.
> >
> > And, as Jeff Smith points out, you automatically have a copyright on any
> > copyrightable work you do. You do not have to explicitly declare such. I own
> > the copyright on the message you are reading right now. Of course, by posting
> > it to a public mailing list, one could make the legal argument that I am
> > implicitly placing it in the public domain.
> >
> > > I find it odd that they put a copyright notice on their CDs and then give
> > > a link to the .iso image files.
> >
> > Microsoft provides links to all sorts of files on their websites. Most of
> > them are provided under very restrictive copyrights and licenses.
> >
> > Just because something is linked to on the Internet does not mean you have
> > the legal right to copy, redistribute, or use it.
> >
> > As I've said before: Legal trouble is the worst kind.
> >
> > --
> > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >
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