On 01/12/2010 01:02 PM, JeevZ wrote:
there is an interesting thing on Fedora latest.. when spin the DVD
for installation, on the first screen on anaconda is a message as ""
copyright by RedHat Inc"
So RedHat going to be next MS..
Whoa! Great comprehension skills.. Phew!
and this is first time I am seeing a
Copyright word in a GNU system.
All GNU code is copyrighted!
From http://www.gnu.org/copyleft :
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To copyleft a program, we first state that it is copyrighted; then we
add distribution terms, which are a legal instrument that gives everyone
the rights to use, modify, and redistribute the program's code, or any
program derived from it, but only if the distribution terms are
unchanged. Thus, the code and the freedoms become legally inseparable.
Proprietary software developers use copyright to take away the users'
freedom; we use copyright to guarantee their freedom. That's why we
reverse the name, changing “copyright” into “copyleft.”
Copyleft is a way of using of the copyright on the program. It doesn't
mean abandoning the copyright; in fact, doing so would make copyleft
impossible. The “left” in “copyleft” is not a reference to the verb “to
leave”—only to the direction which is the inverse of “right”.
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I guess as per your deductions, this makes GNU the next MS - because
they use copyright!
regards,
Syam
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