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lazygamer:
Isn't Lindows pretty much saying through their buisness practices:

"The GPL(or is that GNU?) has no legal binding. You can't make your own magic copyright and have something protectable if you don't pay for an official copyright. Besides, there is no one who would bother sueing us, because there is no official company behind the sources, no one would bother forwarding their own funds."

Well, that's also a fear of mine too about the GPL. Is that a possiblity, or is the GPL more then just high hopes?

voidmain:
They will make all the GPL source available (although there have been some violations/concerns/gripes I believe they may have been cleared up). And there is nothing wrong with them writing their own proprietary code to include with their distribution and distributing it without source. But it would certainly go against the beliefs of people who like the Open Source model (me included and one reason I am not interested in it).

GPL has been around for quite a long time now and it's pretty much self preserving.  However, there is a legal group to prosecute violations if it comes to that. You really should read this:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html

[ September 06, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

lazygamer:
WOW! I never imagined this. I still don't get how it's possible, but the guy is a lawyer for the GPL, so I'll take his word for it.

Ok so what's the difference between GPL and GNU? GPL is General Public License, GNU is GNU is Not Linux. I know they are somehow connected. Is GNU just a fancy name for the GPL license used for Linux?

flap:
What would the point of the GPL be if it weren't legally enforceable?

GPL is a licence. GNU is the operating system we all use but tend to refer to as Linux (which is technically just the name of the kernel.)

Just read the docs at gnu.org, particularly http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html

[ September 06, 2002: Message edited by: flap ]

1mck:
Even though the Lindows OS is for $99 bucks, you will be getting StarOffice 6.0, which is around $75 bucks US, and also they have a shit load of programs that the newbies would probably never find on their own, and much less install them. Lindows has their "Click-N-Run" thingy where you just click a few buttons, and it installs your software....Having said all of that, isn't that sort of what everyone wants? You want to replace Windoze, so it has to run sort of maybe like it. For example, I can download lots of software for Windoze, and with a few clicks (and maybe some shutting down, and restarting my computer...probably a lot of restarting) it will install. It is the year 2002 people, let's make things that easy for the general user, and push Linux over the top into the main stream!

I hope that Lindows doesn't fail, and as far as the $99 bucks to be an "Insider" thingy that they have there, here is what is written:

What you can expect as a Lindows.com Insider?
Immediate access to our LindowsOS Sneak Previews (via download or CD)
All interim Sneak Previews, and the General Release version when available
NEW - Membership to the Lindows.com "Click-N-Run Warehouse" for two years from the time that the General Release comes out ( up to a $198 value)
NEW - now includes a free copy of StarOffice 6.0 from Click-N-Run Warehouse
Early views of our future plans, products and thinking
Access to some of our technical and business information
Access to the the private Insider's Forum where all the latest news is broken and discussed
Direct e-mail access to Lindows.com employees via special Insider's Aliases
Early access to news with the Insider's Newsletter - be among the first to know
Access to the private Insider's Chat, including guest chats with Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson
Guaranteed satisfaction - if you are not satisfied in the first 30 days of your membership we will refund your money

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