On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:47:19 -0700, George Ellison (undercover) wrote:
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 01 August 2006 16:18 \__
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>> > begin oe_protect.scr
>> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> >> Novell bans proprietary Linux modules
>> >>
>> >> ,----[ Quote ]
>> >>| In a change of heart, Novell has ceased distributing proprietary
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> Ubuntu's hanging on the cusp of a GPL violation by distributing the
> nVidia kernel module in a binary form. (as opposed to the usual GPL'd
> kernel glue/binary blob layer that nVidia puts out). I don't mind
> the inclusion of non-free stuff like Opera because I'm under no
> pressure at all to use it. The more people there are using the binary
> nVidia driver, the less incentive there is to RE/get source.
Well seeing as Roy Schestowitch and his court jesters seem to feel there
is nothing wrong with using a cracked version of the Dreamweaver exe file
to facilitate running Dreamweaver under Linux, it doesn't surprise me.
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