Re: ABIT -- GENTUS Linux Steals GPL CODE AGAIN!!

Gerhard Mack (gmack@innerfire.net)
Tue, 6 Jun 2000 20:39:43 -0700 (PDT)

The last post on the message board seemed to imply the source for their
kernel was available for download.. is this the case?

If so, they wre blindingly stupid but didn't violate the GPL.

Gerhard

On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:

>
> GO TAKE SOME ASPRIN AND A FEW SHOOTERS TO RELAX FIRST BEFORE READING!
>
> I am try to work with a hardware company, that supplies chips, to force
> and pressure this manufacturer into complying to GPL first. Please
> follow my lead, because I do not want to run over anyone here while I go
> for their throats!
>
>
> See below!
>
>
>
>
>
> My replys to there BBS on the WEB?
>
> http://www.gentus.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000267.html
> http://www.gentus.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000371.html
> http://www.gentus.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000380.html
>
> My second discovery of all kinds of new tricks with binaries with out
> source. This first happened with Gentus 1.0 and now it returns with
> Gentus 2.0.
>
> I am going to make a case that proves this distribution does nothing but
> give use the middle finger and disregards the nature of GPL.
>
> http://www.gentus.com/about_linux.html
>
> Here is their statement, but their actions have never matched.
>
> I suggest that all Maintainers of various portions of the kernel
> investigate this Violation of your work, also.
>
> I would hope that RedHat would choose to take some legal actions given the
> gross usage of your distribution. This does not include the comparison
> between Gentus 2.0 (6.2) and RedHat 6.2.
>
> http://www.gentus.com/press.html
>
> The short version of this is translated:
>
> RedHat you Suck, and we fixed your failures, nana nana nu nu!
>
> This really pisses me off in the worst way.....
>
> Andre Hedrick
> The Linux ATA/IDE guy
>
>
>
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