Use of software

Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Wed Apr 28 21:17:11 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 09:39, -=Brian Truter=- wrote:
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> > Subject: RE: Use of software
> > 
> > I guess I didn't explain myself clear.......
> > 
> > Is the use of this software for commercial purposes legal?
> > 
> > Example: using it to advertise a small business with  web 
> > pages email, domain,
> > 
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> Of course it's legal. Fedora is a GPL project.

Well, there has been some concern about the DRM zealots wanting to
outlaw Linux and other OSS (partly due to cracks such as libdvdcss,
mpg321, and other questionably legal codecs) but now that Linus has
spoken on the matter, guess we'll survive. (o:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/04/29/linus_torvalds_blesses_drm/

Phil







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