Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-19 Thread Colin Wylie
Jai Harrison wrote: > What if I did not have an e-mail address available to me? It seems in > that case my right to access the source would have been withdrawn from > me. > > Surely thats just splitting hairs? I'm pretty sure anyone can get access to AN email account whether it be yours or othe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-15 Thread Ciaran Mooney
The GPL v2 says b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread Chris Oattes
Jai Harrison said the following on 14/05/08 22:45: > What if I did not have an e-mail address available to me? It seems in > that case my right to access the source would have been withdrawn from > me. > What if you were homeless and living on the streets, with no computer? How much effort do th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread Tan Xuan You
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 22:45 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: > What if I did not have an e-mail address available to me? It seems in > that case my right to access the source would have been withdrawn from > me. You could give DeviceVM a ring at +1.408.861.1088, or visit their office at 1054 S. De Anz

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread Jai Harrison
What if I did not have an e-mail address available to me? It seems in that case my right to access the source would have been withdrawn from me. On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:35 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I'm having trouble identifying if this is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread matt
Quoting Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm having trouble identifying if this is free software or not. > > I took a look on Wikipedia and it stated that it is a "proprietary > model", whatever that means. Then I took a look at the website and it > requires you to provide them with personal de

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread Kris Douglas
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having trouble identifying if this is free software or not. > > I took a look on Wikipedia and it stated that it is a "proprietary > model", whatever that means. Then I took a look at the website and it > requires you t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread Jai Harrison
I'm having trouble identifying if this is free software or not. I took a look on Wikipedia and it stated that it is a "proprietary model", whatever that means. Then I took a look at the website and it requires you to provide them with personal details to be sent a link, by e-mail, to the source.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: > I know many of you probably read Slashdot, but just in case you missed > it, what do you think of this news? Basically, Asus are going to have > a Linux desktop pre-installed onto a chip on every motherboard they > sell. > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread Matt Jones
- Original message - From: Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Wed, 14 May 2008, 18:41:12 UTC Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard I know many of you probably read Slashdot, but just in case you missed it, what do you think o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread Chris Rowson
> I know many of you probably read Slashdot, but just in case you missed > it, what do you think of this news? Basically, Asus are going to have > a Linux desktop pre-installed onto a chip on every motherboard they > sell. There's a quick video overview of the system here: http://www.splashtop.com

[ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread Chris Rowson
I know many of you probably read Slashdot, but just in case you missed it, what do you think of this news? Basically, Asus are going to have a Linux desktop pre-installed onto a chip on every motherboard they sell. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/173220 ""We first heard about