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They should send it back then. Powerstrokes are terrible compared to Cummings or Duramax.

1.1? Get off my lawn.

They will accept help, but they're not willing to spend time bringing new people up to speed when they're already behind schedule.

They are making 'free' software and want to ensure that everyone that uses their software has the 4 freedoms. It sucks if you're a middle-man trying to deprive your customers of their freedom, but it's great if you're an end user.

There is a huge difference. The GPLv3 grants the user more rights than they would ordinarily have under copyright law if they abide by the terms. 99% of EULAs attempt to further restrict the users rights.

If you're "companies that want the ability to fix problems themselves", then why are you using RHEL to begin with? Certification and support only apply to binaries provided by Redhat.

What good is source code if you can not run binaries created from that source code?

You're free to defecate on as many CDs as you like as long as you don't try to pass them off to others without following the terms of the license.

You are completely bound by the wishes of the author if you want them to give you the right to distribute their works. Remember you have no innate right to distribute someone else's copyrighted works no matter how much you stomp your feet about it.

The GPL is designed to protect the freedoms of end users, not that of multinational corporations that want to make a buck off someone else's work without reciprocating.

Mint's version of Debian is coming along quite nicely actually. They'll be just fine if Ubuntu disappears.

I believe the Banshee developers are already on Novell's payroll. I think that's what pisses me off most. Novell would have been well within their rights to do what Canonical is trying to, but instead decided to let the Gnome project have any referrer money. Not only does Canonical give almost nothing back to the community, they actually go out of their way to bite the hand that feeds them.

It was maintained by a company that nobody had heard of for longer than it was by Novell. Somehow I'm sure they'll get by.

All of your local gas stations get their gas from the same place. It doesn't matter what brand the label on the pump says.

Notes haven't always worked with Preview.app, so you'll have to pardon my mistaken guess.

An 11 year old game is hardly modern. I have 11 year old Macintosh software that no longer runs, and ditto for Windows (installed Final Fantasy 7 lately?)

I'll say it again since you missed it the first time. Skype runs on Linux. I have no idea how good the native client is, because I don't use it, but they released one. If it sucks, the blame can hardly be placed upon Linux though.

The purpose of my post wasn't to question your use of proprietary software, because I use quite a bit myself. It was to point out that the applications you use COULD run on Linux if the companies only bothered to port them. How can developers choosing not to release Linux ports be Linux's fault?

As far as my last sentence goes I was genuinely curious as to what you do freely to help your fellow man. I wouldn't dream of going to a soup kitchen and telling them that their soup sucks, and I suspect neither would you.