On Mon, Apr 08, 2002, Amir Tal wrote about "Linux is Not legal ??": > Turns out that most Linux distro's are you not actually legal ? > It seems that most of the distro's are including also some non > open-source > Software in their installation CD's, which makes Linux - not so > legal...? > > You be the judge of that. > > http://www.whatsup.org.il/article.php?sid=143
I judge this to be a: load of crock. As far as I know, Redhat (just to take one example I know and you mentioned) CDs can be freely copied and redistributed. The "non-open-source" software it contains (like Netscape) indeed doesn't have source, but nontheless its binary can be freely copied (where did you see it written otherwise?). Ncompress not only can be distributed, but even comes with source. I can't find any copyright notice or license in its distribution, but a posting from the ncompress developer in 1990 seems to suggest it is in the public domain - but facing some patent issues. -- Nadav Har'El | Monday, Apr 8 2002, 26 Nisan 5762 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is http://nadav.harel.org.il |a fine for doing well. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
