On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:04:27 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ Bob Tennent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 13:17 : \____
>
>> On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:06:57 GMT, 7 wrote:
>> > Just a thought.
>> > There ought to be a generic name for encumbered Linuxes
>> > like Novel's linux, linspire, turbolinux, xandross and anyone
>> > else thinking of doing what those guys have done by selling out to patent
>> > troll inclined companies.
>
> That is a brilliant idea. It would make a consistent terminology.
>
>> > What about
>> >
>> > Cucumber Linux
>> > Cucumbered Linux (just two letters changed from encumbered Linux)
>> > Cucumbered Linux :-)
>>
>> How about Tainted Linux?
>
> I tried this before, but people take offence in that. When words
> like 'infected' or 'tainted' are used, I've faced comparisons to
> Nazi propaganda from a pro-Novell zealot (others attacked him for
> suggesting this).
A kernel that is made to link with a non-GPLed module describes itself
in the system log as "tainted". Seems to be a good analogy with an
encumbered distribution.
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