> Well, suppose, hypothetically, that you added a lot of code to the > kernel/base distribution, stripped out some of the base distribution > stuff (like X or whaever) too in order to create a really robust and > unique testing environment for testing new computer systems. You'd want > to keep that inhouse to prevent your competition from gaining the same > advantage that you just worked months or years to create.
We were discussing the Linux kernel. Now you are talking about a distribution: not the same thing at all. A distribution is a compilation and you must deal with each package individually as its individual license requires. It also appears that you labor under the common delusion that every package in a Linux distribution falls under the GPL. This is far from true. The X license, for example, is similar to the BSD license. > You'd want to keep that inhouse to prevent your competition from gaining > the same advantage that you just worked months or years to create. Speak for yourself. > Thats one idea that comes to mind that, if it were my company, I wonldnt > want to share with the world. After all, you wouldn't want to end up like Red Hat... -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss