On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:43:37 -0500, amicus_curious wrote:
> "Moshe Goldfarb" <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:r44loqh859je$.113699sfaqwxc.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:10:49 +0100, Richard Rasker wrote:
>>
>>> http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7065740528.html
>>> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202200986
>>>
>>> Funny how Linux is rapidly becoming the number one choice for powering
>>> embedded and mobile systems. The average household now has several
>>> devices
>>> running Linux, such as mobile phones, Internet routers, media players and
>>> a
>>> host of other hi-tech gadgets.
>>>
>>> Richard Rasker
>>
>> This is a good thing.
>> Embedded devices, and servers for that matter, are perfect places for
>> Linux.
>>
> Oddly enough, though, none of my recent purchases seems to have come with a
> Linux source CD or even a prominent notice telling me where I could go to
> get same. Are all these companies in violation of the GPL? Or is my
> household abnormal? What is the problem?
Well if Mark Kent and Roy Schestowitz get their way, everyone of these
companies will be giving away the source code to their respective devices.
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
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