[H-GEN] Kernel source

Rick Phillips rickp at suntech.net.au
Mon Oct 27 17:48:22 EST 2003


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> >
> > I don't know about that Harry but what you and I have got
> is pre-release
> > stuff.  Mandrake has a whole swag of iterations with this release -
> > Discovery Pack, Desktop Pack. Power Pack, Pro Pack, OEM
> Pack, Enterprise
> > Edition and more.  They have been polling their customers
> to find out what
> > is wanted and these different packs are the result.  You
> will probably find
> > that the different packs have a greater or lesser degree of
> availability of
> > source code because, lets face it, 95% of all users just
> want to install and
> > go.  It's only people like us who want to play.
>
> That doesn't conform to the spirit or letter of the GPL.

Firstly, the comments I made are my own, secondly we are talking about
pre-release ISO's which are most certainly not the final "solution", thirdly
why get excited about something that is only temporary.  Let's wait and see
what comes in a shrink wrap first eh?

Rick Phillips



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