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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:49:46 +0000,
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ____/ Jim Richardson on Sunday 28 October 2007 04:54 : \____
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>> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:24:10 +0000,
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> ____/ Jim Richardson on Saturday 27 October 2007 20:55 : \____
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:10:50 +0100,
>>>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> UK schools advised to avoid Microsoft
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>| "In the interim, Becta's advice to schools considering moving to
>>>>>>| Microsoft's School Agreement subscription licensing model is that they
>>>>>>| should not do so," says the organisation.
>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/133436/uk-schools-advised-to-avoid-microsoft.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mind the fact that they talk about licences, not Windows. They still
>>>>>> can't think outside the Microsoft mindset.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a truly common misconception, and some I've been dealing with
>>>>> a lot with our procurement people. Red Hat are not helping at all by
>>>>> claiming that Red Hat's software is not covered by the GPL and cannot
>>>>> be replicated - their position is often internally quoted, and it does
>>>>> huge damage.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Where does RH claim that their software isn't covered by the GPL?
>>>
>>> Maybe he was referring to their treatment of source code in a similar
>>> fashion to MySQL?
>>
>> So are saying that RH doesn't claim that their code isn't covered by the
>> GPL? that Mark was telling a porky?
>
> I'm not defending Mark's remark. In fact, I'd be curious enough to wait for an
> answer and find out what he meant.
>
I suspect Mark doesn't have an answer, he's just slagging RH
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