Bob Tanner wrote: > > I totally agree with Stallman now. Caldera is a parasite. > > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-06-25-006-20-PS > > -- > Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (952)943-8500 > Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9 > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <rant> In all fairness to Caldera (who have a foofoo-kaka dist BTW) the article doesn't mention them charging for the licenses. They, Caldera, may just be trying to gather information/statistics on how many people are using their software (like the linux counter project). They may have to track their distribution of non-GPL'ed software as well (Caldera Workstation ships with Borland JBuilder, Star Office etc). If they are paying for or getting paid for bundling software into their dist, you can be very sure they will want to track that software. Caldera is a parasite, as are most companies (Apple) that latch on to linux/OSS(Stormix). They bundle a trailing-edge distro, value-add some office-type software, dump a million in marketing dollars into it and say they are *helping the community*. They are business people who look at people as consumers, and IMHO that is what is at the heart of the GPL: that people are intelligent, sentient beings that make intelligent, informed choices and know how to share. Unfortunately, as the Technical Divide widens, these parasitic, DIFY companies are going to gain more and more ground. </rant>