First Sighting of Pirated Linux

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Submission + - First Sighting of Pirated Linux

Submitted by mpapet on Wednesday March 14, 2007 @07:24PM

mpapet writes: A Linux distribution called Pioneer Linux distributed by TechAlign Inc. may be the first ever to claim that Linux can be pirated. The Pioneer Linux distro boldly declares As a business, you should purchase a copy of Pioneer and not pirate it.

Their announcement of a new re-branded Ubuntu distro on distrowatch.org states, " commercial establishments will be required to purchase a copy...". See the distrowatch.org announcement.

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