Comment Already switched to Mandrake, and I like it. (Score 1) 307
Mandrakesoft is already moving away from simply
using Redhat's code base. I know RedHat is between a rock and a hard place as far as protecting their business, now that they are one, but that doesn't give them the right to disregard the GPL. A BIG reason that they've done so well is that their dist HAS been redistributed by smaller vendors and individuals again and again.. so this IS biting the hand that feeds you, in a sense. I bought my first copy of Redhat as a boxed MacMillan distribution, and I knew by simply reading the box and manual that "The Complete Red Hat Linux" pkg wasn't the same as "The Official Red Hat Linux" pkg. Duh.
My only question is what recourse is there if the GPL is violated...?
using Redhat's code base. I know RedHat is between a rock and a hard place as far as protecting their business, now that they are one, but that doesn't give them the right to disregard the GPL. A BIG reason that they've done so well is that their dist HAS been redistributed by smaller vendors and individuals again and again.. so this IS biting the hand that feeds you, in a sense. I bought my first copy of Redhat as a boxed MacMillan distribution, and I knew by simply reading the box and manual that "The Complete Red Hat Linux" pkg wasn't the same as "The Official Red Hat Linux" pkg. Duh.
My only question is what recourse is there if the GPL is violated...?
