Sometime on Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 01:30:18AM +0000, Dinesh Joshi said:
> The editor of PCQ has responded that they have _not_ violated the GNU
> GPL as they have modified only anaconda and the init scripts of FC4.
> _I'm stumped_ :O How in the world have they "remastered" an entire
> distro without modifying anything other than anaconda and the init
> scripts? They claim to have distributed the sources of anaconda along
> with PCQLinux 2006. I believe them.
>From the link(s) you have given, the editor, Mr. Krishna Kumar claims
that they have taken a legal advice from a whetted by legal counsel,
conversant with the GPL.
And that their customers should get sources of packages bundled in
their distribution from the internet urls of respective projects.
> And the threats galore. Now they think someone opening their mouth is
> defamation... >_<
Yeah, if their customers ask questions and complain then it amounts to
defamation. Strange.
Anurag
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