Elizabeth-
   Any Idea wha the mini distro is? They should have a good shot at
enforcing the source code redistrobution clause. Asus's lawyers are
already familiar with the GPL issues they are going to run into.

Evan

On 10/14/06, Elizabeth Dodd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm building my Freevo on an S-Presso barebones box. This comes with a mini
> distro, which is probably in violation of the GPL.
> Asus, who make this do not offer source code to the distro - which would be a
> great thing indeed.
> I joined the Asus forum, mentioned gpl-violations.org and within hours my
> posts were removed and my login cancelled.
> I guess they are a bit touchy about this, having been caught by
> gpl-violations.org previously over iptables
> http://gpl-violations.org/news/20040325-iptables.html
>
> I've noticed someone already on this list who would like to use the front
> panel stuff on their S-Presso box, so I guess there are a few of us suing
> linux distros on our S-Presso boxen.
>
>
> --
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> rearranging their prejudices.
>                 -- William James
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