On 01/04/06 11:33 +0530, Anurag wrote:
Sometime on Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 01:53:14AM +0530, Dinesh Joshi said:
A VERY IMPORTANT POINT TO NOTE. Has PCQuest released the source code for PCQLinux 2006? If not then they have violated the GNU GPL and I think someone should take legal action against them. I am bugged by
They are actually voilating GPL. They are required to publish the sources of all the packages included on their distribution either on CDs or somewhere on the internet.
They are required to provide source to anyone who has their binaries upto a period of three years. Write to them asking for the source along with proof of purchase. The GPL violation will occur IFF they don't provide you with the source.
I remember there was a poll on their forum asking wether PCQLinux should be based on Debian or Fedora. I'm just guessing Debian should have given them far lesser issues, as its a remastering friendly distribution.
More people are familiar with the RH brand name and with RPM. Plus, a better choice than Debian would have been Ubuntu, and frankly, Ubuntu in its current state isn't suited to the Indian market.
Devdas Bhagat