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Re: Debian Commercial?




Yo-

> Debian is mentioned in a recent PC Magazine article:
> 
>    http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/16/13/os1613.001.html
> 
> 
> : Modified software can then be sold or given away by these
> : developers, but they too must make the code available. This explains
> : why commercial versions of Linux--Redhat and Debian, for
> : example--are also available via download for free. Commercial Linux
> : distributors make money by adding value--in the form of additional
> : utilities--on their CD-ROM versions. And many users would rather buy
> : a CD-ROM than download a few hundred megabytes of files.

This strikes me as another ZD screw-up.  Who has the power to demand a
correction?
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Ian K. Setford                                  ians@jove.acs.unt.edu
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