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On Wednesday 12 February 2003 08:16 pm, Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 February 2003 05:54 pm, Robert Wideman wrote:
> > >> No matter how many people vote to put nVidia
> > >> drivers in the
> > >> distro, they won't go in.
> >
> > This is b/c of the nVidia license, not the voting of users.  Correct?
> >
> > Rob
>
> Mandrake could create an iso distribution, like lycoris, Red Hat and
> others, that prevent redistribution because of the inclusion of these
> drivers.  By policy they will not include something that prevents the
> redistribution under the GPL no matter how many people vote for it.

Clarification:  I included RedHat because of their inclusion of copyrighted 
graphics and logos that they use to prevent redistribution of their distro.  
You will notice that places liek CheapBytes no longer sell RedHat but a 
distro called Pink Tie, which is RedHat with the offending material removed.
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Greg
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