Fwd: Possible GPL violation by Red Hat/Dell alliance

[Robert L Krawitz]

   From: rek2 <rek2 at linuxbusca.com>
   Date: 13 Dec 2002 14:00:23 -0500

   I understand. and you are right, but there is more chances of them
   doing it, and they have already show they are willing to change
   things for their own needs like the KDE/Gnome desktop look(not
   saying if is good or bad) but they did it at their own, a company
   needs to survive and make money.

Which is absolutely their right under the GPL (and indeed, this kind
of "freedom" is a big part of what free software is all about -- the
right to make changes and redistribute them).

"There are more chances of them doing it" is presuming them guilty;
they have a right to be presumed not guilty unless proven otherwise.
				     
				     example. if RedHat goes bankrupt
   .... Debian will still be there :-) were RedHat may not, I don't
   know if they will be willing to give you or me the name RedHat for
   free so we can follow it and keep developing on it, I know Debian
   and others will always pass the flag to another guy if they can't
   support it anymore. is a community not a company they have
   different needs, etc.

The name is irrelevant; even if Red Hat goes out of business, their
successor can't prevent you from developing on it.

-- 
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